>>25269176ethics is determined by the culture of a society although like many things, it is sort of an illusion. Humans themselves are bio-chemical/hormonal automatons. In a meta sort of way we have no free will, and our decisions are made from a combination of environmental and genetic influences. If you really look into computer learning... you'll shit your pants.
WIth computer learning computers can recognize images better than us
With neural networks like IBM Watson, they can think semantically better than us.
It really won't take too much longer now. The factor that is likely slowing down this development the most is not technological, but cultural/social.