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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

Date published:

July 20, 2015

"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' and demand rights.

He also argues that artificial intelligence has come of age, and that we should begin tackling these problems before they arise, as robots increasingly blur the line between person and machine. Read more about Should robots have human rights? Act now to regulate killer machines before they multiply and demand the right to vote, warns legal expert

The Google Photos ‘gorilla’ fail won’t be the last time AIs offend us

Date published:

July 2, 2015

Fusion

"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 crimes. What we need is a legal framework through which AIs (or their creators) can be held liable, says Ryan Calo, a cyberlaw expert at the University of Washington.

“The law today is not well positioned to deal [with these kinds of scenarios],” said Calo. “They break our standard legal models.”" Read more about The Google Photos ‘gorilla’ fail won’t be the last time AIs offend us

Elon Musk Hopes These Researchers Can Save Us from Superintelligent AI

Date published:

July 1, 2015

Motherboard

"“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 for $116,974, told me in an email. Read more about Elon Musk Hopes These Researchers Can Save Us from Superintelligent AI

‘Ex Machina’ is the best movie about artificial intelligence in 40 years

Date published:

April 10, 2015

Fusion

"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 Washington law professor Ryan Calo, who specializes in cyberlaw and robotics, told me in an e-mail." Read more about ‘Ex Machina’ is the best movie about artificial intelligence in 40 years

The Looming Threat of Artificial Unintelligence

Date published:

March 13, 2015

Popular Science

"“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 people were denied a loan offer or a credit card offer, and it's because an algorithm found that they were surfing on a predominantly African-American social network. And no one involved in that will have been purposely racist, but it'll be a huge scandal.”" Read more about The Looming Threat of Artificial Unintelligence

More on DeepMind: AI Startup to Work Directly With Google’s Search Team

Date published:

January 27, 2014

Re/code

"Patrick Lin, director of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytechnic State University, said an ethics board should merely raise the potential issues that software designers might not consider in designing AI tools." Read more about More on DeepMind: AI Startup to Work Directly With Google’s Search Team

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