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Navy looking at teaching robots how to behave
"Peter Asaro, vice-chair of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control — which is campaigning for a treaty to ban “killer robots” — questions wheth…
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The Promise And Challenge Of Driverless Cars
The ABA Annual Conference may not have been a lot of fun for, say, an institution on the cusp of a DOE smackdown, but as a member of the press — marked with a b…
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Who gets the blame when driverless cars crash? Everybody.
"Law professor Bryant Walker Smith of the University of South Carolina discussed some of the legal aspects of getting driverless cars on the road. There ar…
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Future Safety of Autonomous Vehicles Highlighted at Conference
"Autonomous vehicles’ rollout face tough value judgements that compare to rushing a drug to market before its dangers are fully known, said Patrick Lin, Ca…
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Tesla's Master Plan 2.0: AI experts, auto insiders, and Tesla customers weigh in
"Bryant Walker Smith, professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law and School of Engineering, is one of the leading thinkers in the autonomo…
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Police robots: Departments lack rules on whether they can kill
"Ryan Calo, who teaches robotics law at the University of Washington, agreed. "Robots raise special concerns in society," Calo said, pointing to…
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Instead of asking, “are robots becoming more human?” we need to ask “are humans becoming more robotic?”
"But Brett Frischmann, professor at Cardozo law school, and Evan Selinger, philosophy professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, argue that we need an…
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Killer Robots Pose Potential Problems for Future Policing
"“While robots could be a good tool, police should be aware of how visceral our reactions are to them,” Ryan Calo, assistant professor of law and a robotic…
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Defusing police use of 'bomb robots'
"But Ryan Calo, law professor and expert in legal issues and robotics saw little difference between the bomb robot and having a sniper shoot from a distanc…
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This is how self-driving cars could change the way you walk
"There are also reasons to believe that automated cars would drive more slowly. For one thing, they would likely be programmed to stay within the speed lim…
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Tesla's data collection may help it deflect Autopilot liability
"The courtroom, however, is different from the court of public opinion, said Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professor of law and engineering at the Univ…
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Better Facial Recognition Tech Could Lead to Robot Hitmen
"“It is crucially important for the international community to establish a norm that prohibits delegating the authority to take human lives to machines,” P…