""It's hard to say who is responsible. As a casual user you have no idea how these things are built," said Peter Asaro, an assistant professo…
"In 2012, Ryan Calo and Michael Froomkin -- law professors at the Universities of Washington and Miami respectively -- sensed that robots were at approxima…
"Ryan Calo, a faculty co-director at the University of Washington's Tech Policy Lab who spent 2000 to 2003 investigating claims of misconduct at the Ne…
"Elizabeth Joh, a law professor at the University of California at Davis, who specializes in surveillance and technology issues, said she thought the Dalla…
"“It is essentially a jury-rigged version of a drone strike,” Ryan Calo, a University of Washington School of Law professor specializing in cyber and robot…
"According to University of Washington law professor Ryan Calo, the situation doesn’t give rise to any new legal issues, but is unsettling for a different…
"“No court would find a legal problem here,” said Ryan Calo, a professor at the University of Washington law school. “When someone is an ongoing lethal dan…
""If lethally equipped robots can be used in this situation, when else can they be used?" says Elizabeth Joh, a University of California at Davis…
"Joh said she was worried that the decision by police to use robots to end lives had been arrived at far too casually. “Lethally armed police robots raise…
"“Police are permitted to use deadly force to protect themselves or others, but what does it mean...when the police may be far away?” said Elizabeth Joh, a…
(Google Translate version) "The American philosopher Peter Asaro is one of the leaders of the global resistance against fighting robots. "Unlike huma…
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…