robot ethics

Focus on Human Decisions, Not Technological Ethics of Police Robots

Author(s):

Ryan Calo

Publication Date:

July 14, 2016

Publication Type:

Other Writing

The Alberta wildfires. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The meltdown of Fukushima. Read more about Focus on Human Decisions, Not Technological Ethics of Police Robots

Should the Police Have Robot Suicide-Bombers?

Author(s):

Patrick Lin

Publication Date:

July 11, 2016

Publication Type:

Other Writing

This is a guest post. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not represent positions of IEEE Spectrum or the IEEE.

Last week, the Dallas police killed a suspected gunman with a bomb-delivering robot. It was a desperate measure for desperate times: five law enforcement officers were killed and several more wounded before the shooter was finally cornered. Read more about Should the Police Have Robot Suicide-Bombers?

When a Robot Kills, Is It Murder or Product Liability?

Author(s):

Ryan Calo

Publication Date:

April 26, 2016

Publication Type:

Other Writing

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 girl. So for me, “Mika Model” was not entirely new territory. For all my familiarity with its themes, however, Bacigalupi’s story revealed an important connection in robotics law that had never before occurred to me.

Here’s a Terrible Idea: Robot Cars With Adjustable Ethics Settings

Author(s):

Patrick Lin

Publication Date:

August 18, 2014

Publication Type:

Other Writing

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 too late to brake.

Thankfully, your autonomous car saved their lives by grabbing the wheel from you and swerving to the right. Too bad for the one unlucky person standing on that path, struck and killed by your car.

Read the full piece at Wired. Read more about Here’s a Terrible Idea: Robot Cars With Adjustable Ethics Settings