"Ryan Calo, an assistant professor in the University of Washington School of Law, will be among national experts at a White House event tomorrow on innovat…
"In 2012, Ryan Calo and Michael Froomkin -- law professors at the Universities of Washington and Miami respectively -- sensed that robots were at approxima…
"Robots can show emotions without actually having emotions, though. "Robots are now designed to exhibit emotion," says Patrick Lin, director of t…
"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…
"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…
"“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…
"“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…
"The draft rules in California, where 15 companies are currently testing driverless vehicles, “will probably be either substantially reworked or superseded…
"“Broadly, the public has been really confused about what automation means, about the technologies and applications, and the business cases and the timelin…
"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…
"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…
"“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…