J.R.McHale

The reading syllabus ([pdf](http://www.law.washington.edu/CourseCatalog/Syllabi/2015-Spring_CaloRy_E547_Robotics_Law_and_Policy.pdf); two pages) for Professor Ryan Calo’s (University of Washington) course on law and robotics – an excellent resource for those interested in robotics/drones/AI. Among other things, it includes Professor Calo’s own paper, [Robotics and the Lessons of Cyberlaw](http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2402972), 103 California Law Review (forthcoming 2015), and Professor Jack Balkin’s (Yale) [The Path of Robotics Law](http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2586570), 5 California Law Review Circuit (forthcoming 2015).

Related:
> The [agenda](http://www.werobot2015.org/) (and conference [roundup](http://www.pelicancrossing.net/netwars/2015/04/multiplicity.html)) for the “We Robot 2015” conference on robotics, law and policy recently held at the University of Washington, including links to various academic papers such as Woodrow Hartzog’s [Unfair and Deceptive Robots](http://www.werobot2015.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Hartzog-Unfair-Deceptive-Robots.pdf)

> [What is a Robot, Anyway?](https://hbr.org/2015/04/what-is-a-robot-anyway) – Harvard Business Review

> [If a Robot Kills Someone, Who is to Blame?](http://www.theglobeandmail.com//news/world/if-a-robot-kills-someone-who-is-to-blame/article23996250/?cmpid=rss1&click=sf_globe) – The Globe and Mail

> [The Myth Of AI: A Conversation With Jaron Lanier](http://edge.org/conversation/jaron_lanier-the-myth-of-ai) – Edge; and a response: [Why I Don’t Worry About a Super AI](http://kk.org/thetechnium/2015/04/why-i-dont-worry-about-a-super-ai/) – Kevin Kelly at Technium

> [Robots for Humans: Addressing the Engineering Challenges](http://insights.globalspec.com/article/788/robots-for-humans-addressing-the-engineering-challenges) – IHS GlobalSpec