Q&A: Robots and the law
As robots take on societal roles that were once the province of humans, they are creating new legal dilemmas. Should driverless cars be allowed on the roads? Should robots capable of thought be accorded rights as sentient beings? Ryan Calo, a lawyer at the University of Washington School of Law in S...
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| Published in: | Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2014-10, Vol.346 (6206), p.195-195 |
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| Language: | eng |
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| Summary: | As robots take on societal roles that were once the province of humans, they are creating new legal dilemmas.
Should driverless cars be allowed on the roads? Should robots capable of thought be accorded rights as sentient beings? Ryan Calo, a lawyer at the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle, tackles these and other questions in "Robots and the Lessons of Cyberlaw," a paper that will appear in the California Law Review next spring. Science caught up with Calo recently on the murky questions surrounding robo rights and responsibilities. Among other things, Calo argues that robots tend to undermine the clean distinction between a thing and a person, but he doesn't think society will create "stand-alone rights" for robots. |
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| ISSN: | 0036-8075 1095-9203 |