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What the past of robotics law says about its future
One day, robots will present difficult legal challenges. This seems to be the consensus among commentators. And who am I to disagree? I have myself argued, right here on the digital pages of Slate, t...
American law needs a reboot when it comes to robots
Hallie Siegel
09 Mar 2016
Nearly 60 years of American case law indicate that while robot technology has been developing by leaps and bounds, the courts’ concept of robots is confused and largely stuck in the past. If we ar...
WeRobot 2015 Keynote: The future of robotics, with R2D2 maker Tony Dyson
Robohub Editors
04 Mar 2016
UPDATED 4 Mar: We're sad to report that Professor Tony Dyson, who built the original Star Wars R2-D2 droid, has died. We’re reposting this excellent video of his keynote at WeRobot to highlight his...
Robotics-law expert Ryan Calo weighs in on drone regulations — and ‘drunk droning’ | LA Times
CIS Blog
05 Feb 2015
Thanks a lot, one person, for sending us in the wrong direction. We're now talking about locking down platforms and extra regulation just because of one guy.
On Twitter, some of us had this hashtag...
A responsible approach to artificial intelligence | Marketplace Tech
CIS Blog
05 Feb 2015
Calo recently signed an open letter that detailed his and others’ concerns over AI’s rapid progress. The letter was published by the Future of Life Institute, a research organization studying the ...
Should we fear artificial intelligence? | BBC
CIS Blog
05 Feb 2015
Billions of dollars are pouring into the latest investor craze: artificial intelligence. But serious scientists like Stephen Hawking have warned that full AI could spell the end of the human race. How...
A new regulatory agency for autonomous technology is needed first | Ryan Calo via New York Times
CIS Blog
29 Jan 2015
When Congress asked the Department of Transportation to determine whether a software glitch caused Toyotas to suddenly accelerate, the agency had to ask NASA. Just imagine: the nation’s top scientis...
A horse of a different color: Ryan Calo on What robotics can learn from cyberlaw | Slate
CIS Blog
27 Oct 2014
In the early days of dot-com, the law found the Internet unsettling. That a buyer in one location could access the website of a seller in any other forced courts to revisit basic questions of jurisdic...
Friday Q&A: Law Professor Ryan Calo | Roll Call
CIS Blog
17 Oct 2014
Ryan Calo is an assistant law professor at the University of Washington School of Law whose academic work looks at the legal and policy aspects of robotics. Technocrat talked to him about what he anti...
Robots are not here to take your jobs | USA Today
Hallie Siegel
15 Oct 2014
Robots are not here to steal our jobs, nor are we at risk of any other en masse robotic movement reliant upon self-determined mechanized cognizance.
In fact, nearly 100% of contemporary robotic tec...
A call for debate on robot policy
Andra Keay
24 Sep 2014
The 1953 New Yorker cartoon that started the “Take me to your leader” meme showed two aliens newly arrived on earth asking a donkey to, effectively, give them policy guidance. This is exactly what...
Could Jibo developer Cynthia Breazeal be the Steve Wozniak of robots? | Ryan Calo
Andra Keay
23 Jul 2014
VideoBill Gates once predicted we would have a robot in every home to go with our personal computer. James Temple of is calling Jibo—a new personal robot to be sold commercially in 2015—&l...
Is surveillance the new business model for consumer robotics?
Mark Stephen Meadows
06 May 2014
A discussion with Ryan Calo on Google, your personal data, and the consumer robotics market
Can someone tell me: What's Google doing, making robots? Or at least: What is it doing, making such acqui...
As human laws grapple with robots, there are no easy answers | Ars Technica
CIS Blog
07 Apr 2014
Internet law defined the vanguard of cyberlaw issues in the late 1990s and early 2000s, but Ryan Calo argues that the next wave of legal showdowns will relate to robotics, which have an altogether dif...
WeRobot2014 conference and the diffusion of robots into society | The Washington Post
CIS Blog
04 Apr 2014
Ryan Calo (a law professor at University of Washington, a member of the WeRobot2014 organizing committee and a major intellectual in the law and technology field) has a new paper at this conference, ...
What to do if you find a lost drone | Forbes
CIS Blog
03 Apr 2014
“I think if you find a drone, you set it free. If it comes back to you, it’s meant to be,” said legal drone expert Ryan Calo kiddingly, before more seriously suggesting calling the manufacturer ...
Why it is not possible to regulate robots | The Guardian
CIS Blog
02 Apr 2014
Is there such a thing as a robot? An excellent paper by Ryan Calo proposes that there is such a thing as a robot, and that, moreover, many of the thorniest, most interesting legal problems on our hori...
How drones will change your life | CNN
CIS Blog
11 Nov 2013
While it may seem that drones are set to take over our lives, the reality is a bit more complicated. Drone usage around the world is definitely picking up in the public sector, but when it comes to co...
Legal issues with robots | Communications of the ACM
CIS Blog
11 Nov 2013
There is no question that robotic technology is making life easier, safer, or more convenient for human beings. Despite these benefits, concerns remain about what happens when robotic technology fails...
Robots: Their rights and legal status | Australian Broadcasting Corporation
CIS Blog
08 Oct 2013
It might seem far-fetched at this stage, but robot ethics and the law is a growing field of study. It’s about their rights, it’s about our ethics and it’s also about liability.
Listen to the fu...
Delivered by drones: Are Tacocopters and Burrito Bombers the next Pony Express? | Slate
CIS Blog
06 Aug 2013
The drones are coming! The drones are coming! But this time they’re not armed with hellfire missiles. These drones are packing a new kind of heat: steaming pizzas, fresh tacos, and cold beer.
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Disruptions: How driverless cars could reshape cities | New York Times
CIS Blog
17 Jul 2013
By now, seeing one of Google’s experimental, driverless cars zipping down Silicon Valley’s Highway 101, or parking itself on a San Francisco street, is not all that unusual. Indeed, as automakers...
Ryan Calo on spyware for your brain
CIS Blog
18 Apr 2013
Ryan Calo discusses how researchers at Oxford, Geneva, and Berkeley have created a proof of concept for using commercially available brain-computer interfaces to discover private facts about today's g...
Mayor Bloomberg to NYC: Domestic drones are inevitable | NBC News
CIS Blog
01 Apr 2013
When asked if drone use by the NYPD would be a good idea, New York City mayor Bloomberg replied, "It's not a question of whether I think it's good or bad. I just don't see how you could stop that beca...
Journalism schools start teaching students to fly drones | RT
CIS Blog
01 Apr 2013
Next generation’s Walter Cronkites won’t be learning the traditional tricks and tips used by the journalists of today. Drones could be the next big tool for newsgathering, and some journalism stud...
The more Americans know about drones, the less they like them | Reason.com
CIS Blog
27 Mar 2013
In an influential 2011 article, "The Drone as Privacy Catalyst," law professor Ryan Calo predicted that the dystopian images that drones evoke could spur much-needed reforms to American privacy law. ...
If I fly a UAV over my neighbor’s house, is it trespassing?
Andra Keay
11 Oct 2012
Even a toy drone with an HD camera scrambles our sense of property and privacy rights.
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