Would 'Deviant' Sex Robots Violate Asimov's Law of Robotics?
Like it or not, sex robots are already here, and someday they might hurt you, if you ask nicely. As they cater to an ever-increasing range of tastes, some folk…
Robotics
Press
•
The Ick of AI That Impersonates Humans
"It isn't just our interactions with other humans that could be affected. “I worry a lot about how we’re building this world that’s supposed to be for…
Press
•
Would a BDSM Sex Robot Violate Asimov's First Law of Robotics?
"Ryan Calo Associate Professor, Law, University of Washington, and faculty co-director of the University of Washington Tech Policy Lab As far as I know,…
Press
•
The DOT Says ‘Drivers’ Don’t Have to Be Human
"“These rulemakings could matter a lot, and the devil will be in the details,” says Bryant Walker Smith, a professor at the University of South Carolina Sc…
Press
•
Trump administration pushing to ease roll-out of driverless cars and trucks
"“There’s wariness about the federal government’s regulatory commitment [and] willingness to police the companies,” said Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant…
Press
•
Fully driverless Waymo taxis are due out this year, alarming critics
"When it comes to driverless cars, "there's no consensus on what it means to be safe or how we go about proving that," says Bryant Walker Smi…
Blog
•
Tool Without A Handle: Tools and the Search for Meaning
“Tool Without a Handle”: Tools and the Search for Meaning In a New York Times review of Edward Tenner’s book The Efficiency Paradox, Gal Beckerman observes th…
Press
•
'Slaughterbots': U.S., Russia lead fight to block 'killer robots' ban
"“Momentum is starting to build rapidly for states to start negotiating a new ban treaty and determine what is necessary to retain human control over weapo…
Press
•
Should killer robots be banned? UN urged to prevent AI killers from violating human rights
"Peter Asaro, an associate professor of media studies at the New School, argued in April this year reaching consensus on the issue could be tricky because…
Press
•
IBM has invented coffee drones – and they predict when you need a cup
"To Ryan Calo, a University of Washington School of Law drone expert, the coffee drone proposal is trying to do too much. "It's a combination of…
Press
•
Schools are using AI to track what students write on their computers
"“There should be a whole gradation of how this [software] should work,” Daphne Keller, the director of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society (and m…
Press
•
How billion-dollar start-up Darktrace is fighting cybercrime with A.I.
""We're seeing growing interest in applying computing things like machine learning, deep learning, artificial intelligence, etc. (think of IBM Wat…