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Uncertain Liability
"Will lawsuits kill the autonomous car?" That's a dramatic expression of a common question. (And one to which Twitter has a short retort.) Here’s…
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Militaries’ growing use of ground robots raises ethics concerns
"“There are moral, ethical reasons to not delegate the authority to kill people to machines,” said Peter Asaro, co-founder of the International Committee f…
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Why Drones Make Us Nervous
"Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington, thinks that drones will give people the jolt they need to bring our privacy laws into the 21st…
Robots: Autonomous lethal weapons
In this episode, AJung talks to Peter Asaro from The New School in New York city about autonomous weapons systems. Peter tells us about the Campaign to Stop Kil…
3D Printing: Is the Law Ready for the Future?
Three dimensional printing turns bits into atoms. The technology is simply amazing. These machines draw on programming, art and engineering to enable people to…
Global Symposium on Connected Vehicles and Infrastructure
This three-day event brought together leading industry, academic and government experts to discuss and strategize how connected vehicle technology is transformi…
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Correcting Misconceptions about Autonomous Vehicles: Reason Magazine Editio
"In a November 2012 study, “Automated Vehicles are Probably Legal in the United States,” Stanford researcher Bryant Walker Smith analyzed the legal issues…
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Robotic Justice
From Roombas to drones, scientists are developing machines to be more and more self-sufficient. But even if they’re programmed to do good—what happens when some…
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Boston bombings show future use for drones
""I don't think (the Boston bombing) will reframe the surveillance debate, and people will persist in their skepticism (of drones) even after this…
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Privacy Concerns Shouldn’t Ground Journalism Drones
"Drones put a fine point on that sense of vulnerability, and as eminent drone theorist and law professor Ryan Calo argues, can thus be seen as "privac…
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Automated killer robot development should be paused, says UN report
"Heyns cites philosopher Peter Asaro's work and says "Taking humans out of the loop also risks taking humanity out of the loop."" * Da…
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Tomorrow's World
Bryant Walker Smith's paper Automated Vehicles are Probably Legal in the United States is mentioned in this article. * Date Published:05/01/2013 * Origin…