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Motor industry: Look, no hands
"“People are not comfortable with robots killing them,” says Bryant Walker Smith, a fellow at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society."…
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We Robot: Third Annual Robotics & Law Conference
I'm delighted to announce We Robot 2014, back at the University of Miami School of Law for its third year after a wonderful event at Stanford Law School las…
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Inside Google's Quest To Popularize Self-Driving Cars
"Bryant Walker Smith, a civil engineer, lawyer, and Stanford Law School fellow, is the leading expert on how existing law would apply to self-driving cars.…
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Drone Skies: The Unmanned Aircraft Revolution Is Coming Read more: Drone Skies: The Unmanned Aircraft Revolution Is Coming
""Drones drive down the cost of surveillance considerably," Ryan Calo, an assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law, test…
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Killer Robots: Warfare's Friend or Foe?
Peter Asaro, the director of graduate programs at The New School for Public Engagement’s School of Media Studies, is a killer robot expert, and an active member…
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Who gets a ticket when there's no one behind the wheel?
"Bryant Walker Smith, fellow at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, discusses the new legal issues presented by having cars with no…
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6 Questions States Need to Ask About Self-Driving Cars
""Some states are going to act much faster than the feds can or will," says Bryant Walker Smith, a fellow at Stanford Law School's Center for…
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Robots: their rights and legal status
"Ryan Calo: I think that there are three key differences between robotics and the technologies that preceded robotics. Antony Funnell: Professor Ryan Calo…
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Open season on drones? Town split over licenses to hunt unmanned aircraft
"Ryan Calo, assistant professor of law at the University of Washington, calls the town's reaction a "cowboy instinct." Coming from a town tha…
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Delivered by Drones
"“The FAA intends to announce a plan for commercial operators to seek certificates of authorization in September of 2015, but that does not mean that drone…
The Ethics of Saving Lives With Autonomous Cars Are Far Murkier Than You Think
The Ethics of Saving Lives With Autonomous Cars Are Far Murkier Than You Think, an op ed by Patrick Lin on Wired. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publicat…
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The Ethics of Saving Lives With Autonomous Cars Are Far Murkier Than You Think
"But, wait. We should also factor in the many more lives that would be spared. A good consequentialist would look at this bigger picture and argue that as…