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Is Hello Barbie every parent’s worst nightmare?
"“Parents should never spy on their kids without their consent,” said Danielle Citron, a privacy expert and University of Maryland law professor who studie…
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We’re building superhuman robots. Will they be heroes, or villains?
Forget about losing your job to a robot. And don’t worry about a super-smart, but somehow evil, computer. We have more urgent ethical issues to deal with right…
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Intelligent Machines: Do we really need to fear AI?
"Picture the scenario - a sentient machine is "living" in the US in the year 2050 and starts browsing through the US constitution. Having read i…
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Can Technology Turn Humans Into Machines?
"Prof. Frischmann, a member of the faculty at the Cardozo School of Law, wants readers to consider if automating life is making us more robotic. He writes…
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Robot rights rule!
"An ethicist says that now is the time to ponder the enigmatic questions of cyber law: “Robotic systems accomplish tasks in ways that cannot be anticipated…
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Should robots have human rights? Act now to regulate killer machines before they multiply and demand the right to vote, warns legal expert
"A legal expert has warned that the laws that govern robotics are playing catch-up to the technology and need to be updated in case robots 'wake up'…
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The Google Photos ‘gorilla’ fail won’t be the last time AIs offend us
"That’s all well and good, but what happens if they still get out of line? We all learn societal standards from a very young age, and we still commit crime…
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Elon Musk Hopes These Researchers Can Save Us from Superintelligent AI
"“I think most people are afraid of AIs that will turn against us or try to take over the world,” Peter Asaro, a New School researcher who received a grant…
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‘Ex Machina’ is the best movie about artificial intelligence in 40 years
"These are the kinds of questions that obsess AI reseachers. “We’ll have to come up with new rights and norms; human rights won’t do,” University of Washin…
What Ex Machina's Alex Garland Gets Wrong About Artificial Intelligence
Ex Machina opens this weekend. Its director, Alex Garland of 28 Days Later acclaim, appeared on Marketplace today to discuss the role of artificial intelligence…
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The Looming Threat of Artificial Unintelligence
"“I'm worried that there could be some unanticipated, emergent phenomenon,” says Calo. “For instance, maybe it'll turn out that lots and lots of pe…
A responsible approach to artificial intelligence
Listen to the full interview at Marketplace Tech. "Calo recently signed an open letter that detailed his and others’ concerns over AI’s rapid progress. Th…