Government Assessment of Innovation Shouldn’t Differ for Tech Companies
At the outset, it's not clear to me what Silicon Valley is and isn't — or why that matters. Companies like Google are often contrasted with companies li…
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Cybersecurity, Unscrupulous Diners, and Internet Stewardship
The extended DDoS attacks over the past few days that triggered widespread outages and Internet congestion are more than a mere annoyance. Rather, these instanc…
It probably wasn’t Russia who attacked the Internet today. That’s what’s scary.
As users of Twitter and many other services probably know, large parts of the Internet weren’t working Friday, thanks to a hacking attack on the Internet’s infr…
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Level 5 autonomous driving comes to all new Teslas
""This announcement is exciting because it's full of potential," said Bryant Walker Smith, professor at the University of South Carolina Scho…
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Taser Explores Concept of Drone Armed With Stun Gun for Police Use
"Like the bomb robot, such a product would raise fundamental questions about police use of force, said Elizabeth Joh, a professor at the University of Cali…
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Killer Machines and Sex Robots: Unraveling the Ethics of A.I.
"Science philosopher Peter Asaro presented the now de rigueur assessment of lethal autonomous weapons (LAWS), and the ethical and moral nightmares therein.…
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Tesla Says All Vehicles in Production Capable of Self-Driving
"“At some point they will flip a switch and the world will look different,” said Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina w…
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CIA-backed surveillance software was marketed in public schools wanting to monitor students' social media posts
""Discovering that Geofeedia was not only being used by social media sites to help police spy on activists of color was disturbing enough," said…
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Racial Disparities in Police 'Stingray' Surveillance, Mapped
"“We have to ask the question: ‘What are you doing with all that data?’,” says Malkia Cyril of the Center for Media Justice. “We don’t know—that’s part of…
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Should a driverless car kill the kid or the retiree?
"“We mean for that to happen. This premeditation is the difference between manslaughter and murder, a much more serious offense,” wrote Patrick Lin, direct…
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"Tool Without A Handle" - Mobile Tools
“Tool Without a Handle” – Mobile Tools This post continues my thoughts on qualities of digital tools that have helped make political and artistic expression mo…
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MIT's 'Moral Machine' crowdsources decisions about autonomous driving, but experts call it misguided
""This problem," said Bryant Walker Smith, one of the leading experts in the legal aspects of autonomous driving, "has been dangerously hype…