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Lawyering Up for Autonomy - Technologue
"University of South Carolina law professor Bryant Walker Smith pointed out that the technology has the potential to reduce incidents of certain types of a…
Autonomous Driving
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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…
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Lawyering Up for Autonomy – Technologue
"University of South Carolina law professor Bryant Walker Smith pointed out that the technology has the potential to reduce incidents of certain types of a…
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Your Car May Be Programmed to Kill You — and 9 More Fun Facts About Self-Driving Vehicles
"“It’s one thing for a human to steer her car off a cliff and quite another thing for a machine to make that choice,” Lin says. “It’s also one thing for pe…
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Move over, humans, the robocars are coming
"But the hard part is what Ryan Calo, University of Washington law professor, calls the “social meaning” of technology. He observes that a driverless car m…
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Car hacking: how big is the threat to self-driving cars?
"“I think it goes without saying that if you don’t get security right, automated cars don’t get off the ground,” said Woodrow Hartzog, a law professor at S…
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Plate and Switch: Google’s Self-Driving Car Is a Transformer Too
"Bryant Walker Smith is a law professor at the University of South Carolina and chair of the Emerging Technology Law Committee of the Transportation Resear…
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Are you ready to fly on a pilotless plane?
"Perhaps not, says Bryant Walker Smith, a lawyer who researches risk and technology at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, but airlines might be…
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Lawyers reaching for in-car data
"Data gathered from vehicle telematics face roadblocks in the courtroom. In such cases, the chain of custody is crucial, said Bryant Walker Smith, who tea…
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When a robot takes the wheel, who's in charge?
"In an email, Lin writes: "If you can see that some accidents are unavoidable, even by robotic cars, then manufacturers need to make some decision in…