"New technology often raises new ethical questions -- and those questions only multiply as technology advances. Up until now, technology has largely remai…
I am a law professor who writes about robotics. I’m also a big Paolo Bacigalupi fan, particularly his breakout novel The Windup Girl involving an artificial gir…
"And this isn’t simply a matter of arguing until we figure out the right answer. Patrick Lin, director of Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group at California Po…
"Among the signatories was Peter Asaro, an assistant professor at The New School for Public Engagement in New York and co-founder of the International Comm…
"“We’re pushing new frontiers in artificial intelligence,” says Patrick Lin, a professor of philosophy at California Polytechnic State University. “And a l…
"“This is going to set the tone for all social robots,” says philosopher Patrick Lin, who runs the Ethics and Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytec…
""Make the ethics programming in an autonomous car transparent in order to set expectations with users and society, and be able to defend those progra…
"Ryan Calo, who teaches law at the University of Washington, worries about a lack of government resources. “There isn’t enough technical expertise in gover…
"The idea that technology is neutral or amoral is a myth that needs to be dispelled. The designer can imbue ethics into the creation, even if the artifact…
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…
"Ryan Calo: I think that there are three key differences between robotics and the technologies that preceded robotics. Antony Funnell: Professor Ryan Calo…