[LINK] Robotics and Obama

[David Boxall]

On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 at 09:56:41 +1100 Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> ...
> Robotics is another one of those wonderful technologies that can have 
> unintended consequences. Whenever I hear people talking about autonomous 
> robots I ask myself (and anyone who I can get to listen) - who's 
> responsible for the robot's action? You can't charge a robot if it sets 
> fire to you or your house or does anything else with bad results. So who 
> do you take to court? The vendor? the manufacturer?
>
> Like many a technical solution, there's more to it than the technology.
>
> At least President Obama seems to have an instinctive understanding of 
> the situation.
>   

Several relevant pieces have aired on the ABCs Hungry Beast:
<http://hungrybeast.abc.net.au/stories/robot-wars-part-1>,
<http://hungrybeast.abc.net.au/stories/robot-wars-part-2>,
<http://hungrybeast.abc.net.au/stories/robot-wars-part-3> and
<http://hungrybeast.abc.net.au/stories/robots-are-fine>.
Some of which give new meaning to software bugs.

They aren't really out to get us, honest.
 
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