Read the full Q&A with Affiliate Scholar Ryan Calo at Technocrat.
Ryan Calo is an assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law and has suggested a Federal Robotics Commission as a “thought experiment.” Technocrat talked with him about the idea, how he defines robotics, and more. Below is some of the discussion. You can read more on Technocrat’s chat with Calo here on legal issues he foresees arising in the coming years.
Q: Now, you suggested that there should be a Federal Robotics Commission. Can you lay out for me what you see that looking like and why you think it’s needed?
A: … I have proposed a Federal Robotics Commission as a thought experiment because… a dearth, a lack, of expertise on the interaction between software and hardware that [is] at the heart of robotics in the federal government… and also within the states.
- Date Published:10/21/2014
- Original Publication:Roll Call