James Connelly, Professor of Political Theory at University of Hull and Director of the Institute of Applied Ethics, has just presented a paper at the 2016 Euro-ISME conference and is the principal investigator of the ESRC funded project, ‘The Common Good: Ethics, Rights and Cyber Security’. He discusses some of the questions surrounding the ethics of cyber counter-terrorism and the implications for legal systems with the Robotics Law Journal.
In 2013, McKinsey & Company estimated that if the use of robotic processes grows at the rate expected, then by 2025, as many as 110 to 140 million FTEs will be replaced by automated tools and software. Chris Holder, a partner and outsourcing expert with Bristows, looks at new developments in Outsourcing.
Technology is taking hold of the workplace and the education system needs to adapt. A new report from Seamus Nevin, Head of Employment and Skills Policy at the Institute of Directors (IoD), suggests some reforms.
Law firms are starting to look closer at the organisation and editing of data in their search for more efficient ways of providing legal services
One of the key discussions of WeRobot 2016 asks whether the First Amendment in the US could or should protect AI speech and even if a human participant is still a necessary component of free speech.
Will #BlackLivesMatter to RoboCop?
Driverless cars inherently lack predictability to those who will be using the same physical space - other human drivers and pedestrians. Human drivers demonstrate predictable movements due to a wide range of social cues that is not yet wired in to fully or semi-autonomous vehicles.
The 2016 WeRobot Conference, hosted by the University of Miami School of Law in early April, raised some important questions. The conference was a great success, striking up a dialogue about the important issues in the world of robotics – from the status of Robots in US law to the unpredictability of driverless cars and whether robots should be allowed free speech.
We’ll have to face this question: Do we let go of people whose jobs are lost and let them go to the wall or do we provide some sort of welfare for them that could be tied into a retraining programme?
Nicole Livesey and Stephan Appt, partners in international law firm Pinsent Masons' Automotive team, explore the legal challenges.
Mobility scooters, driverless cars, privacy and the elderly
The Internet of Things has raised such complicated practical issues that, experts suggest, it may have been delayed by a decade. But innovation is starting to solve some of these problems - and there are now forecasts that over 30 billion devices will be connected in to Internet of Things (IoT) networks by 2020.
Regulators are set to play a crucial role in tackling the potential dangers of robotics but,asks Neasa MacErlean, can we be confident they will get it right?
How will the law cope with robot relationships, asks Chrissie Lightfoot?
Regulators are missing a number of key issues connected with driverless cars.
The arrival of driverless cars in cities could be contentious unless carefully thought out, says the OECD.
Safeguards will need to be developed lest robots become too powerful.
Drones investor Pippa Malgren gives her views on how the market will grow.
There will be 'no one size fits all' approach to regulation, predicts Australian pilot Brad Mason.
Whilst the Asimov rules must be taken into account, they present several problems, says Luis Franco.
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