J.R.McHale

We Robot 2016 (http://robohub.org/considering-the-future-of-law-and-robotics-we-robot-2016-video-recap/) at Robohub.org (April 11, 2016) – all videos at the link:

> A. Moral Crumple Zones: Cautionary Tales in Human Robot Interaction (video duration 01:40:00)

> B. SmartPrivacy in Human-Robot Interaction (video duration 01:20:00)

> C. How to Engage the Public on the Ethics and Governance of Lethal Autonomous Weapons (video duration 01:03:00)

> D. Autonomous Vehicles (video duration 02:35:00)

> E. Privacy and Healthcare Robots (video duration 01:10:30)

> F. Institutional Options for Robot Governance (video duration 01:31:30)

> G. Will #BlackLivesMatter to RoboCop? (video duration 01:16:30)

> H. Siriously? Free Speech Rights for Artificial Intelligence (video duration 01:20:30)

> I. What Do We Really Know About Robots and the Law? (video duration 01:13:00)

Hearing on the “The Legal and Ethical Aspects of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence” – European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs (April 21, 2016)

> [Hearing Agenda](https://polcms.secure.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/upload/981397b4-227c-479e-b1dd-45cbb343fec5/Draft%20Programme_Robotics_06.04.2016.pdf) (single page pdf)

> [Link](http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20160414IPR23196/Committee-on-Legal-Affairs-meeting-21042016-(PM)) to the recorded video of the hearing. The relevant portion begins at 00:54:30 (total length of hearing: approximately 2 hours, 21 minutes)

[Robots in American Law](https://www.strausscenter.org/events/event/444-robots-in-american-law) presentation by law professor Ryan Calo at the University of Texas Law School (March 22, 2016). Two videos: main presentation (video duration 01:08:00) and a conversation with Ryan Calo (video duration 00:15:00). See also: Robots in American Law – Ryan Calo (University of Washington Law School) ([pdf](http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2737598##); 44 pages)

[What Is a Robot? The Question is More Complicated Than it Seems](http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/03/what-is-a-human/473166/) (March 22, 2016) – Adrienne Lafrance in The Atlantic

[Four Reasons America’s Laws Governing Robots Are Terrifyingly Outdated; Robots are Evolving Faster Than the Laws That Rule Their Existence](https://www.inverse.com/article/13428-4-reasons-america-s-laws-governing-robots-are-terrifyingly-outdated?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=on_site&utm_campaign=desktop) (March 29, 2016) – Sarah Sloat in Inverse

[The Race Is On to Control Artificial Intelligence, and Tech’s Future](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/26/technology/the-race-is-on-to-control-artificial-intelligence-and-techs-future.html) (March 25, 2016) and [Silicon Valley Looks to Artificial Intelligence for the Next Big Thing](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/28/technology/silicon-valley-looks-to-artificial-intelligence-for-the-next-big-thing.html?partner=rss&emc=rss) (March 27, 2016) – New York Times. See also: [AI Hits the Mainstream](https://www.technologyreview.com/s/600986/ai-hits-the-mainstream/) (March 28, 2016) – MIT Technology Review

[Let Artificial Intelligence Evolve; That Way, It’ll Be Moral](http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/04/the_philosophical_argument_against_artificial_intelligence_killing_us_all.html?wpsrc=sh_all_mob_tw_top) (April 18, 2016) – Michael Chorost in Slate

[Robots Are Learning to Fake Empathy](http://motherboard.vice.com/en_uk/read/robots-are-learning-to-fake-empathy) (April 6, 2016) – MotherBoard

[What the Scarlett Johansson Robot Says About the Future; Courts Need to Grapple with New Questions Raised by Increasingly Technology-Savvy Fans](http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/04/what_the_scarlett_johansson_robot_says_about_the_future.html) (April 7, 2016) – Margot E. Kaminski in Slate

Flash Forward podcast: “[Rude Bot Rises](http://www.flashforwardpod.com/2016/04/05/episode-10-rude-bot-rises/)” on conscious artificial intelligence (podcast length: 00:30:45) (April 5, 2016)

[Humans Can’t Escape Killer Robots, but Humans Can Be Held Accountable for Them](https://news.vice.com/article/killer-robots-autonomous-weapons-systems-and-accountability?utm_source=vicenewstwitter) (April 15, 2016) – P.W. Singer and August Cole at ViceNews

[Terrifyingly Convenient; A.I. Assistants Can Give You the News, Order You a Pizza, and Tell You a Joke and All You Have To Do is Trust Them – Completely](http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/cover_story/2016/04/alexa_cortana_and_siri_aren_t_novelties_anymore_they_re_our_terrifyingly.html) (April 3, 2016) – Will Oremus in Slate

[Chat Bots, Conversation and AI as an Interface](http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2016/3/30/chat-bots-conversation-and-ai-as-an-interface) (March 30, 2016) – Benedict Evans

Robots in American Law – Ryan Calo (University of Washington Law School) ([pdf](http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2737598##); 44 pages)

Related: [Meet the Guy Running Our Robot Future](http://observer.com/2016/02/meet-the-guy-running-our-robot-future/) – Observer interview with Ryan Calo

Robotics Conference: [We Robot 2016](http://robots.law.miami.edu/2016/), April 1 and 2, 2016, Coral Gables, Florida

Robot Law: book of collected law of robotics research ($, [Edward Elgar Publishing](http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/robot-law))

Also:

> [Robot Walks Around, Carries Boxes and Takes a Hit in New Video](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2078796-robot-walks-around-carries-boxes-and-takes-a-hit-in-new-video/?utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=SOC&utm_campaign=hoot&cmpid=SOC%7CNSNS%7C2016-GLOBAL-twitter) (February 24, 2016) – New Scientist on new Boston Dynamics video of its Atlas robot

> [The Robots Are Coming for Wall Street](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/magazine/the-robots-are-coming-for-wall-street.html?_r=0) (February 25, 2016) – New York Times

> [Is It Ok to Torture a Robot?](https://www.inverse.com/article/12340-is-it-ok-to-torture-a-robot) (March 3, 2016) – Inverse

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