Here’s a Terrible Idea: Robot Cars With Adjustable Ethics Settings
Do you remember that day when you lost your mind? You aimed your car at five random people down the road. By the time you realized what you were doing, it was t…
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Techno Sapiens: The End of Serendipity Edition
Cross posted from Slate. Welcome to Techno Sapiens, a biweekly series of six podcasts hosted by Future Tense fellows Christine Rosen, senior editor of the New…
Don’t fear the robot car bomb
Within the next few years, autonomous vehicles—alias robot cars—could be weaponized, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) fears. In a recently disclosed…
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Patent Overhaul Effort Stalls
""We're looking down the road," said Daniel Nazer, an attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which supports patent reform. "Whe…
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Everyone Knows Privacy Is About Power. Now What?
In a recent op-ed, author Evgeny Morozov claims that we tend to think of privacy in terms of control over personal information rather than power or influence. “…
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Researchers aim to develop hack-proof layer of cyber protection
""There is promise to this sort of technology, and it's not surprising to see NSF investing in this sort of research," said University of Mar…
Autonomous Vehicles and the Law
“You can look forward to automation as a similar set of local and national tensions and developments and opportunities,” said Bryant Walker Smith. Smith was com…
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Security Research and the Law: What You Need to Know
"According to Hoffman, one potential legal landmine is the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). One of its key provisions states that,"it is illegal t…
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Google snoops on Gmail to catch pedophiles
"Ryan Calo, a tech policy expert at the University of Washington School of Law, said that if Google "decided to take it upon themselves to police othe…
Prof. Frederick Schauer - Hearsay Culture Show #221 - 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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Monkey selfie ignites a copyright dispute
""Let's say that that the monkey had eaten a bunch of bananas and had piled the banana peels on the jungle floor," said Bridges. "If a p…
Profs. James Grimmelmann and David Post - Hearsay Culture Show #220 - 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…