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Google Renounces AI Weapons; Will Still Work With Military
"The principles about surveillance were not specific enough, according to Peter Asaro, an associate professor at The New School who organized a letter from…
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Google just released a set of ethical principles about how it will use AI technology
"Pichai's pledge regarding weapons was "really strong," Peter Asaro, associate professor of media studies at the New School in New York, told…
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Artificial intelligence debate flares at Google
"“We are calling on Google not to make weapons because Google has a special relationship with the public in virtue of the kind of personal data they are co…
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Google Staff AI Revolt Jeopardizes Pentagon Cloud Deals
""A lot of those cloud services are tied to the AI that they’re using," said Peter Asaro, an associate professor at The New School who organized…
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Autonomous Vehicles: Safety, Risk, and the Law
"The observations from Smith, who holds dual degrees in law and engineering, were particularly insightful. He started by challenging widely held perception…
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Uber wants to test driverless cars in Pittsburgh again—the mayor is pissed
"But while Peduto may not have direct legal authority over Uber's testing activities, the Pittsburgh mayor has plenty of ways to make Uber's life d…
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California's Heavy-Handed Plan to Regulate the Self-Driving Car Biz
"“The transportation network company experience has shaped everyone’s view of how to approach these things,” says Bryant Walker Smith, a lawyer who studies…
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Uber Self-Driving Car in Crash Wasn't Programmed to Brake
""That seems like a serious design omission," Bryant Walker Smith, a professor at the University of South Carolina’s School of Law, who studies a…
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The Line Between Big Tech and Defense Work
"One of the letter’s organizers, Peter Asaro, an associate professor at The New School, says there are no plans for similar letter for Microsoft or Amazon,…
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Academics protest Google’s role in drone murder
"“It is clear that the Pentagon aims to build out Project Maven to armed drones, and its functionality does not need much adjustment to become a target rec…
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Unfiltered: ‘Time is running out’
"In this week’s episode of Yahoo News’ Unfiltered, we talk to New School professor Peter Asaro about the dangers of artificial intelligence technology and…
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Google Employees Quit in Protest Over Military Artificial Intelligence Program
""The timeline of how quickly we could see those systems would be moved up dramatically if Google throws its weight into building the key components o…