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Who is Responsible for Autonomous Weapons?
"Peter Asaro, a philosopher of science, technology, and media at The New School in New York City, has been working on addressing these fundamental question…
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Citizens need more say over police surveillance technology
Palo Alto lawmakers have proposed legislation granting the community greater control over police surveillance — including the Police Department’s purchase and u…
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Rise of the drones: from policing the streets to painting your house
"Such is the hype. But for every tech company with its head in the clouds, there are problems to bring them back down to earth. “There are big technical ch…
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Interconnectedness and Manufacturer Responsibility in Automated Vehicles
"Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law and (by courtesy) the School of Engineering, and Affiliate Scho…
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Can You Crash An Autonomous Car Ethically?
"“These are decisions that need to be thought about or programmed in advance,” said Patrick Lin, director of the Ethics and Emerging Sciences Group at Cali…
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Google patent shows vision of self-driving cars flocking to pick up customers
"“You could see Google as an operator of these networks, either directly owning and operating the vehicles, or closely partnered with another entity or ent…
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Robotics experts tell Congress the U.S. is in danger of losing the international robot race
"Ryan Calo, a technology law professor at the University of Washington who edited the new Roadmap for Robotics report, argues that the government should ev…
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How Realistic Is Tesla’s Plan to Drive Across the U.S. Completely Autonomously?
"Bryant Walker Smith, an automotive engineer and lawyer who specializes in autonomous driving, said he believes the trip is definitely possible, but that p…
HBO's 'Westworld' and the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Peter Asaro (assistant professor in the School of Media Studies at The New School) and S. Matthew Liao (director of the Center for Bioethics at New York Univers…
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Our autonomous future: How driverless cars will be the first robots we learn to trust
"Bryant Walker Smith, professor at the University of South Carolina, also sees a major problem with Level 3. "If there's a hazard on the road and…
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The Ground War Will Be Autonomous
"The kind of remotely operated weapons Sadowski is talking about likely wouldn’t fall under the proposed autonomous weapons ban, says Peter Asaro, Co-Found…
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The Ground War Will Be Autonomous
"The kind of remotely operated weapons Sadowski is talking about likely wouldn’t fall under the proposed autonomous weapons ban, says Peter Asaro, Co-Found…