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Beneath the Fold: The Twisted Tale of Origami v. Sarah Morris
"“In the spectrum of highly protected to lower-protected, they’re definitely on the lower end of the scale,” Ms. Ahrens said." * Date Published:05/2…
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UN reports on lack of 'moral responsibility' inherent in using 'killer robots'
"On Wednesday, May 29th in Geneva, Switzerland, a United Nations report will be presented on the moral problems of using autonomous weapons (or "kille…
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Scripps Employees Called 'Hackers' For Exposing Massive Security Flaw
""There's this idea that you can access information, but if you access it fast then you're a criminal," Granick said. "If anything,…
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Google's wearable Glass gadget: cool or creepy?
""The face is a really intimate place and to have a piece of technology on it is unsettling," Calo said. "Much as a drone is unsettling beca…
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Militaries’ growing use of ground robots raises ethics concerns
"“There are moral, ethical reasons to not delegate the authority to kill people to machines,” said Peter Asaro, co-founder of the International Committee f…
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Why Drones Make Us Nervous
"Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington, thinks that drones will give people the jolt they need to bring our privacy laws into the 21st…
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Airlines Can Keep You From Snapping, But Not Sharing Photos
A recent incident on a commercial airliner raises an interesting question: can an airline bar you from taking pictures on their plane? * Date Published:05/15/…
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Why Can’t We Take Pictures in Art Museums?
"According to Julie Ahrens, a lawyer who specializes in issues of copyright and fair use at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford University, a p…
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Correcting Misconceptions about Autonomous Vehicles: Reason Magazine Editio
"In a November 2012 study, “Automated Vehicles are Probably Legal in the United States,” Stanford researcher Bryant Walker Smith analyzed the legal issues…
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Stanford Looks to FutureLaw
"Another panel addressed the proposition that user interface and user experience design need to be a "fundamental element" of legal tools if they…
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Robotic Justice
From Roombas to drones, scientists are developing machines to be more and more self-sufficient. But even if they’re programmed to do good—what happens when some…
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Boston bombings show future use for drones
""I don't think (the Boston bombing) will reframe the surveillance debate, and people will persist in their skepticism (of drones) even after this…