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AI and the Law, with Nicolas Economou

Andrew Vaziri 02 May 2018

In this episode Andrew Vaziri speaks with Nicolas Economou, CEO of the eDiscovery company H5 and co-founder and chair of the Science, Law and Society Initiative at The Future Society, a 501c3 think ta...

Is AI powered government worth it?

Maëlle Gavet 27 Jul 2017

From the Australian government’s new “data-driven profiling” trial for drug testing welfare recipients, to US law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology and the deployment of propr...

The legal issues of robotics

Andrea Bertolini 06 Apr 2017

Robots are the technology of the future. But the current legal system is incapable of handling them. This generic statement is often the premise for considerations about the possibility of awarding ri...

Artificial people: How will the law adapt to intelligent systems?

Rob van den Hoven van Genderen 31 Mar 2017

Robotics technology is no longer limited to industry. Climate Controls, 3D printers, surveillance robots, drones, household and even sex robots are entering the private market. The more autonomous the...

Should an artificial intelligence be allowed to get a patent?

Ronald Yu 09 Mar 2017

Whether an A.I. ought to be granted patent rights is a timely question given the increasing proliferation of A.I. in the workplace. Examples: Daimler-Benz has tested self-driving trucks on public road...

At what point should an intelligent machine be considered a person?

Kyle Bowyer 22 Feb 2017

Science fiction likes to depict robots as autonomous machines, capable of making their own decisions and often expressing their own personalities. Yet we also tend to think of robots as property, and ...

Legal artificial intelligence: Can it stand up in a court of law?

Ronald Yu 21 Feb 2017

In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell repeatedly mentions what has become known as the “10,000-hour rule”, which states that to become world-class in any field you must devote 10,000 hours of “...

Technical challenges in machine ethics

Yueh-Hsuan Weng 08 Feb 2017

Machine ethics offers an alternative solution for artificial intelligence (AI) safety governance. In order to mitigate risks in human-robot interactions, robots will have to comply with humanity’s e...

Artificial intelligence and ethics: Who does the thinking?

Alex Kirkpatrick 27 Jan 2017

On the 15th November 2016, the IEEE’s AI and Ethics Summit posed the question: “Who does the thinking?” In a series of key-note speeches and lively panel discussions, leading technologists, leg...

The infrastructure of life part 1: Safety

Alan Winfield 26 Jan 2017

Part 1: Autonomous Systems and Safety We all rely on machines. All aspects of modern life, from transport to energy, work to welfare, play to politics depend on a complex infrastructure of physical...

Responsive and Responsible Leadership given prominance at #WEF17 World Economic Forum

Alex Kirkpatrick 20 Jan 2017

The population of the scenic ski-resort Davos, nestled in the Swiss Alps, swelled by nearly +3,000 people between the 17th and 20th of January. World leaders, academics, business tycoons, press and in...

MIT Media Lab to participate in $27 million initiative on AI ethics and governance

MIT News 10 Jan 2017

The MIT Media Lab and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University will serve as the founding anchor institutions for a new initiative aimed at bridging the gap between the ...

A report on the ELS Workshop 2016

Eduard Fosch-Villaronga, Christoph Lutz and Aurelia Tamò 06 Jan 2017

The Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Social Robots in Healthcare and Education Workshop (also called ELS Workshop) was held in Yokohama the 14th Nov 2016 during the JSAI-isAI Conference. The works...

Ethically Aligned Design

Alan Winfield 27 Dec 2016

Having been involved in roboethics for some years, I was delighted when the IEEE launched its initiative on Ethical Considerations in AI and Autonomous Systems, early this year. Especially so because ...

On the ethics of research in robotics, with Raja Chatila

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (IJARS) 25 Nov 2015

In this video lecture, IEEE Fellow Raja Chatila shares his views on [tweetquote]why roboticists are duty-bound to educate the wider public on the state of advanced robotics[/tweetquote], and also t...

Open Roboethics initiative delivers statement to United Nations CCW

Open Roboethics Initiative 17 Nov 2015

On Friday November 13th, AJung Moon from the Open Roboethics initiative delivered a statement at the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Meeting of States Parties....

#IJCAI15 brings together leading researchers in AI

Sabine Hauert 28 Jul 2015

Over one thousand of the world’s top experts in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are in Buenos Aires this week for the 2015 International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (#IJCAI15). ...

Robo-Wars: The regulation of robotic weapons

Alexander Leveringhaus and Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford 05 Dec 2014

Robotic weapons, whether autonomous or remote controlled, have generated widespread controversy in recent years. Alex Leveringhaus, James Martin Fellow, Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed ...

Commercial drone regulations: Canada vs. US

Diana Marina Cooper 29 Sep 2014

When Canadians attempt to characterize aspects of Canadian culture, it’s not uncommon to draw comparisons with the US. I recently noticed that as I respond to questions about the Canadian regulation...

Automata: The new “sci-fi” blockbuster set to put robot ethics under a spotlight

Adriana Hamacher 19 Sep 2014

A major new sci-fi movie, Automata, promises to not only provide a feast for the eyes (see below for a clip from the film), but an overdue opportunity to spotlight some of the ethical dilemmas arising...

While the cat’s away, the mice play: What the drone delivery biz is doing while FAA ruling is under appeal

Robert Corday 13 Jun 2014

The Federal Aviation Administration’s rules on civilian use are currently on hold by a federal court, and in the interim, companies are scrambling to take advantage of using drones to deliver produc...

An ethical dilemma: When robot cars must kill, who should pick the victim?

Jason Millar 11 Jun 2014

Image credit: Craig Berry We are moving closer to having driverless cars on roads everywhere, and naturally, people are starting to wonder what kinds of ethical challenges driverless cars will pose. ...

Pure autonomy: Google’s new purpose-built self driving car

Ioannis K. Erripis 28 May 2014

Google completed a major step in its long and extensive self-driving cars project by presenting its first purpose-built autonomous car, which is designed from scratch for its role and is not a modifie...

Who gets a ticket when there’s no one behind the wheel? | Marketplace

CIS Blog 28 Aug 2013

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 drivers. See more: Marketplace...

Trolling Effects | TechDirt

John Payne 16 Aug 2013

While in the robotics industry patent litigation hasn't yet become the gigantic headache it is in consumer electronics, that potential exists. Perhaps early attention, with an eye to just how bad the ...

Tune your engine: Driverless car technology | Radio New Zealand

CIS Blog 29 Jul 2013

Bryant Walker Smith, a fellow at Stanford Centers for Automotive Research and Internet and Society, looks at developments in driverless car technology. Originally aired on: Radio New Ze...

We Robot Conference: 6. Manufacturer risk management

Kate Darling 29 May 2013

Q: What's the main issue that will keep the general legal counsel of a robotics company up at night? A: Massive tort liability. Maintaining that product liability is the number one issue for robot man...

We Robot Conference 5: Bender’s Law

Kate Darling 23 May 2013

On April 8-9, Stanford Law School held the second annual robotics and law conference, We Robot. This year’s event focused on near-term policy issues in robotics and featured panels and papers by sch...

We Robot Conference: The Ethical Robot License for open robotics

AJung Moon 07 May 2013

We Robot Conference: 2. Law as algorithm

Kate Darling 03 May 2013

We Robot Conference: 1. Intellectual property

Kate Darling 30 Apr 2013

Stopping the deployment of “killer robots” | Humans Rights Watch

Mike Hamer 23 Apr 2013

In November last year, the Human Rights Watch released the "Losing Humanity" report (which we've already covered on Robohub). This report discussed the role of robots in armed conflict, summarized th...

Robohub focus: Dealing with the ‘jobs’ question

Hallie Siegel 15 Apr 2013

For the next week, Robohub will host a special focus on robots and jobs, featuring original articles from leading experts in the fields of robotics and automation. The goal of the series is to explore...

Commercial opportunities to create more than 100,000 manufacturing jobs when FAA opens airspace to UAS

Chris Mailey 12 Apr 2013

AUVSI recently released a report titled The Economic Impact of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the United States. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) currently has heavy restrictions on...

We Robot: Live coverage on robotics and the law

Robohub Editors 06 Apr 2013

Updated April 9, 2013 | Check this post for our live coverage of the We Robot conference happening April 8-9 at Stanford Law School....

Why driverless cars are ‘probably’ legal | The Atlantic Cities

CIS Blog 01 Apr 2013

The biggest roadblock facing a driverless world isn't necessarily technology, but legality. The question of who would be liable in the event of an accident — the human "driver," the car's owner, the...