How do we guarantee privacy? - The Robot Brain Server

The purpose of the Robot Brain Server is to allow the user to interact with one or more social robots in a safe and unobserved manner. The server is stored in a cabinet at home and only connects to the Internet if the user wants so. The robots are securely connected to the server, which runs all heavy-duty programs, including data management, security, and artificial intelligence. The Brain Server does learn about its user, but does not share that information with anyone unless the user wants to. The information can be shared through graded access. For example, medical information is shared with the doctor, but not with the health insurer. Holiday stories are open to everyone. And family issues are only shared with the spouse. The user determines who may know what about the data stored in a data safe at the user's home. The Brain Server has a modular structure, allowing the user to replace a program with something he or she thinks is better suited. The integrity of the standard software is guaranteed by an independent foundation that checks the code for errors, viruses, malware, marketing and spyware.

Hoorn, J. F. (2018). The Robot Brain Server, design of a human-artificial systems partnership. In W. Karwowski, & T. Ahram (Eds.), Intelligent Human Systems Integration. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 722 (pp. 531-536). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-73888-8_83; https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-73888-8_83