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Who do we blame when a robot threatens to kill people?
"“Information by itself can commit a crime now,” Calo said by phone. I asked Calo if he thought any humans should take the fall for van der Goot’s bot, if…
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The FAA just proposed regulations for commercial drones
"The proposal would forbid drone delivery, so "Google and Amazon will not be pleased quite yet," Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of…
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We Can Now Build Autonomous Killing Machines. And That’s a Very, Very Bad Idea
"Peter Asaro has spent the past few years lobbying the international community for a ban on killer robots as the founder of the International Committee for…
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Americans Okay with Police Drones, Worried About Private UAVs
"“Once upon a time, you had the rights to your property under the soil and to the sky,” Ryan Calo, a University of Washington law professor told the Atlant…
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Why the US Government is Terrified of Hobbyist Drones
"Ryan Calo, a University of Washingtonlaw professor who studies robots and the law, traces the resistance to two sources. “One is a complaint about restric…
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Robotics-law expert Ryan Calo weighs in on drone regulations -- and 'drunk droning'
"I worry ... that there isn't the expertise in government to deal with robotics, whether it's drones or driverless cars." * Date Published:0…
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Robotics-law expert Ryan Calo weighs in on drone regulations -- and 'drunk droning'
"I worry ... that there isn't the expertise in government to deal with robotics, whether it's drones or driverless cars. - Ryan Calo, University of…
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How computers will think
"“How do you handle liability? Who do we hold responsible?” asks University of Washington law professor Ryan Calo, who specializes in cyber law and robotic…
Small Drones Raise Big Legal Questions
Listen to the full interview with Ryan Calo at Science Friday. Early Monday morning, a small drone—weighing about two pounds—crashed on the White House's S…
A New Regulatory Agency for Autonomous Technology Is Needed First
We are not ready for driverless cars because our public officials lack the expertise to evaluate the safety of this new class of automobiles. When Congress ask…
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Seminar on the Law of the Newly Possible
One of my courses this semester is Technology Law: Law of the Newly Possible. This seminar, at the University of South Carolina School of Law, examines how law…
A responsible approach to artificial intelligence
Listen to the full interview at Marketplace Tech. "Calo recently signed an open letter that detailed his and others’ concerns over AI’s rapid progress. Th…