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Robot Law, book review: People will be the problem
"In 2012, Ryan Calo and Michael Froomkin -- law professors at the Universities of Washington and Miami respectively -- sensed that robots were at approxima…
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Robots Are Developing Feelings. Will They Ever Become "People"?
"Robots can show emotions without actually having emotions, though. "Robots are now designed to exhibit emotion," says Patrick Lin, director of t…
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How Scared Should I Be of the Singularity?
"And while it is a scary thought that—singularity or not—autonomous robots might be on the battlefield soon, it's also worth noting that robot soldiers…
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The True Cost of Westworld's Robot Sex
"Patrick Lin, Ph.D., the director of the Ethics and Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytechnic University, fears that sexbots might make us less hum…
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In the race for drone delivery, the U.K. is way ahead of the U.S.
"“I think people forget how lucky the U.S. got with the internet,” said Ryan Calo, a technology law professor at the University of Washington. The reason…
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Elon Musk, billionaire tech idealist and space entrepreneur
"“Elon Musk is a great visionary and a great inventor, and you have to admire his ambition and his moxie,” says Patrick Lin, philosophy professor and head…
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The Gray Area of Driverless Car Regulation
"The draft rules in California, where 15 companies are currently testing driverless vehicles, “will probably be either substantially reworked or superseded…
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Autonomous What? Americans Aren’t Sure What Self-Driving Cars Are All About
"“Broadly, the public has been really confused about what automation means, about the technologies and applications, and the business cases and the timelin…
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Lawyer: 'Negligence' in bus crash that killed 4 from Rock Hill
"Investigators with both federal and state governments, and likely insurance carriers and other private firms, will want to know whether the bus and the ti…
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Is Police Use of Force About to Get Worse—With Robots?
"Ryan Calo, a professor at the University of Washington who’s a leading expert on the intersection of robots and law, said making law enforcement agencies…
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The driverless debate: Even in cars that are only semiautonomous, drivers say they'll text, eat and read
"“When there are crashes, there will be a post-crash minefield of recrimination,” said Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor of law at the University of…
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Germany to create world’s first highway code for driverless cars
"Driverless cars may end up being a form of public transport rather than vehicles you own, says Ryan Calo at Stanford University, California. That is happe…