Podcast #22: Ryan Calo on Technology and the Law

Legal theorist Ryan Calo explores how the law is (or isn’t) evolving in response to technological quandaries like robotics and digital surveillance.

By Mo Lotman | November 13, 2018 | Culture, Government, Human Rights, Media, Podcasts, Policing, Privacy, Society | Advisory Boards, AI, Autonomy, Carpenter v. US, City of LA v. Patel, Crime, Emergence, Intent, Mens Rea, Negligence, NSA, Privacy, Recklessness, Responsibility, Robotics, Robotics Commission, Section 702, Senate, Stanford, Strict Liability, surveillance, University of Washington, US v. Jones, White House, Yale

Computo Ergo Sum: Should AI Be Self-Aware?

Artificial intelligence is often portrayed in fiction as having consciousness. In reality, making AI self-aware may not be useful. Unfortunately, that doesn’t preclude things from going horribly wrong.

By Lorenzo Migliorato | February 1, 2017 | Artificial Intelligence, Law, Safety | 2001: A Space Odyssey, Accountability, AI, AlphaGo, Asimov's Laws, Autonomy, Consciousness, DeepMind, Dystopia, Eric Schwitzgebel, HAL, Intelligence, Isaac Asimov, Mara Garza, Morality, Nick Bostrom, Robots, Self-Awareness, Stanley Kubrick, Steve Omohundro, Steve Petersen, Virginia Dignum

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