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MIND THE GAP – But not our pay gap
"This issue over robots replacing traditional occupations has been discussed amongst academics since the dawn of artificial intelligence, and will unlikely…
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As self-driving cars come to more states, regulators take a back seat
"“Automated vehicles are probably legal,” said Bryant Walker Smith, a University of South Carolina law professor whose research helped advance that interpr…
IEEE Driverless Car Roundtable
Hear about the current state of the driverless vehicle industry from experts including IEEE Member Jeffrey Miller, IEEE Fellow Wei-Bin Zhang, Bernard Soriano, a…
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New law permits North Dakota cop drones to fire beanbag rounds from the sky
""It really takes a very subtle situational awareness to understand when it's ok to use less-than-lethal,"Ryan Calo, a law professor and dron…
Meanwhile in the Future: Everybody Has a Personal Drone Now
There are a million ways people might use drones in the future, from deliveries and police work to journalism. But in this episode, we’re going to talk about co…
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The Air Force Wants You to Trust Robots. Should You?
"Automation extends far beyond the battlefield, sometimes with profound implications. Peter Asaro, a philosopher who studies artificial intelligence, says…
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Autonomous driving and the law: Who's responsible when there's a machine at the wheel?
Bryant Walker Smith, a professor at the University of South Carolina, is an internationally recognized expert on the law of self-driving vehicles and taught the…
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Predator Drone Maker General Atomics Flying Spy Missions For the Pentagon
"Stanford ethicist Patrick Lin argues that hiring contractors for Predator ISR operations also “opens the door for outsourcing drone strikes for the first…
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Can Technology Turn Humans Into Machines?
"Prof. Frischmann, a member of the faculty at the Cardozo School of Law, wants readers to consider if automating life is making us more robotic. He writes…
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Self-driving cars are down the road but closer than you think
"The hype is white hot. Ford CEO Mark Fields even predicted that someone would offer a “fully autonomous” car in the next five years. Not so fast, said Br…
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Is It Legal to Shoot Down a Drone Hovering Over Your Property?
"Ryan Calo, a professor at the University of Washington School of Law, writes, “[T]he lack of a coherent mental model of privacy harm helps account for the…
Drones fly faster than the law can keep up with
"“We don’t need to get to this crazy world in which robots are trying to take over in order for there to be really difficult, interesting complex legal que…