Thursday, August 20, 2009

The culpability of autonomous machines

Yeah, it's golden age science fiction stuff, but it's now real enough to engage the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Automation can create hazards as well as removing them. How reliable does a robot have to be before we trust it to do a human's job? What happens when something goes wrong? Can a machine be held responsible for its actions? More...

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