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Why We Need a Federal Robotics Commission
"The idea for a federal robotics commission came out of workshop of a paper that author Ryan Calo (who will, in the interest of full disclosure, be a parti…
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Why the U.S. might just need a Federal Commission on Robots
"Why does the United States needs a new federal commission focused solely on understanding our robot future? The real question is, why don't we? Ryan…
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Lawyers reaching for in-car data
"Data gathered from vehicle telematics face roadblocks in the courtroom. In such cases, the chain of custody is crucial, said Bryant Walker Smith, who tea…
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When a robot takes the wheel, who's in charge?
"In an email, Lin writes: "If you can see that some accidents are unavoidable, even by robotic cars, then manufacturers need to make some decision in…
Techno Sapiens: The Automate Everything Edition
Cross-posted from Slate. Welcome to Techno Sapiens, a biweekly series of six podcasts hosted by Future Tense fellows Christine Rosen, senior editor of the New…
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Google Drones Could Be Coming to Doorsteps
"Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington who studied in the robotics field, offered this on the probability of the company’s long term g…
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Inside Google's Secret Drone-Delivery Program
A zipping comes across the sky.A man named Neil Parfitt is standing in a field on a cattle ranch outside Warwick, Australia. A white vehicle appears above the t…
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Google Is Testing Delivery Drone System
The latest endeavor to emerge from Google Inc. 's advanced-research lab is flying into a field buzzing with competitors.Google X said Thursday it is develop…
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Jumped Too Short
"Bryant Walker Smith, a scientist at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, describes an additional challenge: At the end of the progr…
Here’s a Terrible Idea: Robot Cars With Adjustable Ethics Settings
Do you remember that day when you lost your mind? You aimed your car at five random people down the road. By the time you realized what you were doing, it was t…
Don’t fear the robot car bomb
Within the next few years, autonomous vehicles—alias robot cars—could be weaponized, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) fears. In a recently disclosed…
Autonomous Vehicles and the Law
“You can look forward to automation as a similar set of local and national tensions and developments and opportunities,” said Bryant Walker Smith. Smith was com…