We Robot 2020: University of Ottawa April 2-4
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Program Changes
Please note we now have two program changes: Friday and Saturday’s panels have exchanged slots: “Robot/Human Handoffs” is now on Friday; “AI & Authorship” is now on Saturday. “Toward a Comprehensive View of the Influence of Artificial Intelligence on International Affairs by Jesse Woo” (Discussant: Heather Roff) will be at 10:15 on Friday; “The Institutional […]
Livestream We Robot 2019
If you can’t make it to Coral Gables, you can still follow the main conference, April 12-13, via our Livestream. (Apologies, but we are not streaming the Workshops.) Join the conversation on Twitter at hashtag #WeRobot.
Why the Moral Machine is a Monster
Jason Millar will lead a discussion of Abby Everett Jaques‘s Why the Moral Machine is a Monster on Saturday, April 13, at 2:30 p.m. at #werobot 2019. The Moral Machine project, built by the MIT Media Lab’s Scalable Cooperation Group, is a game-like platform that presents users with a choice between two outcomes in a scenario in which […]
We Robot Approved for Florida CLE
We’ve been approved for 23 general credits of CLE and 6.5 Technology credits. We’re also approved for 23 business litigation credits and 11 IP Law credits. Florida Bar members can report their CLE credits online at www.floridabar.org — Quote course number 1902084N.
Taking Futures Seriously: Forecasting as Method in Robotics Law and Policy
Jennifer Rhee will lead a discussion of Stephanie Ballard and Ryan Calo‘s Taking Futures Seriously: Forecasting as Method in Robotics Law and Policy on Saturday, April 13, at 9:30 a.m. at #werobot 2019. A central challenge in setting law and policy around emerging technology is predicting how technology will evolve. In failing to consider the future […]
Using The Robot Koseki – Using Japanese Family Law as a Model for Regulating Robots
Hideyuki Matsumi will lead a discussion of Colin P. Jones‘s Using The Robot Koseki – Using Japanese Family Law as a Model for Regulating Robots on Saturday, April 13, at 1:00 p.m. at #werobot 2019. This paper seeks to address the definitional problem of robot law – “what is a robot.” It posits that a fundamental […]
Jack of All Trades, Master of None: Is Copyright Protection Justified for Robotic Faux-Originality?
Kate Darling will lead a discussion of Sarit Mizrahi‘s Jack of All Trades, Master of None: Is Copyright Protection Justified for Robotic Faux-Originality? on Saturday, April 13, at 4:00 p.m. at #werobot 2019. The twenty-first century is credited with machines that can generate anything from poems to novels, as well as musical compositions and works of […]
Program Change
Please note a program change: Friday and Saturday’s panels have exchanged slots. “Robot/Human Handoffs” is now on Friday; “AI & Authorship” is now on Saturday. Our Program Page has been revised to reflect this change.
Administering Artificial Intelligence
Michael Froomkin will lead a discussion of Alicia Solow-Niederman‘s Administering Artificial Intelligence on Saturday, April 13, at 11:00 a.m. at #werobot 2019. Calls for sector-specific regulation or the creation of a federal agency or commission to guide and constrain artificial intelligence, or AI, development are increasing. This turn to administrative law is understandable because AI’s […]