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Those Amazon Delivery Drones? Not So Fast
"The FAA’s planned rule “is going to be a serious limiter,” said Ryan Calo, a University of Washington law professor who studies robotics policy. “If they…
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Do Online Death Threats Count as Free Speech?
"‘'We usually think of freedom of speech as enhancing liberty, but this is speech that takes away someone else’s liberty,'’ said Danielle Citron, a…
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Programming how self-driving cars handle dilemmas is a challenge
"“This is one of the most profoundly serious decisions we can make. Program a machine that can foreseeably lead to someone’s death,” Lin said. “When we mak…
Driverless Cars & Road Rules
"CCTV America’s Michelle Makori interviewed Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor in the School of Law and School of Engineering at the University of So…
New autonomous cars could ease and complicate the future of driving
CCTV America’s Michelle Makori interviewed Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor in the School of Law and School of Engineering at the University of South Ca…
Prof. Ed Felten - Hearsay Culture Show #225 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…
Prof. Stephen Turner - Hearsay Culture Show #226 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…
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Why Government Doesn’t Get Tech
"Ryan Calo, who teaches law at the University of Washington, worries about a lack of government resources. “There isn’t enough technical expertise in gover…
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USA FREEDOM Act stalls
Last evening the Senate voted 58-42 to delay implementation of the USA FREEDOM Act with the goal of reforming, albeit modestly, America's controversial dome…
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Algorithms Are Great and All, But They Can Also Ruin Lives
"While it is clear why such emotive subjects would be considered ripe for The Formula, the central problem once again comes down to the spectral promise of…
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The Child Behind The DOJ’s iPhone Encryption Warning
"Civil-liberties experts say it’s unwise to make national policy based on a handful of cases. “There’s always going to be one case where some amount of inf…
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Uber tracking raises privacy concerns
"The FTC has cracked down on companies that violate their own privacy policies on how they handle data, but have a lot of latitude as long as they comply w…