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Launch of the Critical Infrastructures Lab

What is the Critical Infrastructures Lab? The Critical Infrastructures lab is hosted by the University of Amsterdam. From the website we learn that the lab aims to create space to co-develop alternative infrastructural futures that center people and planet over profit and capital by establishing a community around three infrastructural subtopics (geopolitics, standards, environment), producing ... Launch of the Critical Infrastructures Lab

Jonathan Hankins

Super seeing, US Military Eye Enhancement

Last week the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera published an article that touched upon a topic that readers of the Foundation website will be familiar with and may be interested in. The article is in Italian and can be found here, but I would like to describe it briefly for our English language readership. The ... Super seeing, US Military Eye Enhancement

Jonathan Hankins

Government Investment and Cuts in Biodefense Research

This month has been rather somber here in the US as the country remembered those that died on September 11 2001, and the effects upon society of that day. One aspect that is cropping up in the press and scientific journals regards government spending on biodefense in the aftermath of the anthrax attacks that followed ... Government Investment and Cuts in Biodefense Research

Jonathan Hankins

Guerre a distanza e responsabilità

Le nuove tecnologie, informatiche e robotiche, stanno modificando il modo di programmare e condurre le guerre, separando – fisicamente e psicologicamente – i luoghi in cui i mezzi bellici sono comandati da quelli in cui effettivamente agiscono. Le implicazioni di questo mutamento sono state affrontate di recente in una serie di articoli pubblicati dalla rivista ... Guerre a distanza e responsabilità

Margherita Fronte

War Machines: Recruiting Robots For Combat

Last week an article appeared in The New York Times entitled “War Machines: Recruiting Robots For Combat”. The article addresses a problem that has been debated on this site in the past, that of the ethical considerations that the development of this type of military machine provokes. Military sources are quoted as stating that the ... War Machines: Recruiting Robots For Combat

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La guerra dei robot al Festival della Scienza di Genova

Si è aperto oggi il Festival della Scienza di Genova che, come ogni anno, trasforma ogni vicolo della città portuale in un porto per parlare di Scienza. Del programma ricchissimo di eventi di alto livello vogliamo segnalare il “dialogo internazionale” tra Gianmarco Veruggio e Noel Sharkey, dal titolo “La guerra dei robot” (5 novembre 2010). ... La guerra dei robot al Festival della Scienza di Genova

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Dr. Ronald Arkin on Roboethics and Responsibility (part 3)

(…continues from the previous entry) Ubois: Do you see — I mean, another direction I could see this going is in the ways the lines between warfare and law enforcement get blurrier and blurrier. Arkin: Yeah, but that’s why I’m sticking to international warfare at this early stage right now. Now it’s granted that spin-off ... Dr. Ronald Arkin on Roboethics and Responsibility (part 3)

Dr. Ronald Arkin on Roboethics and Responsibility (part 2)

(…continues from the previous entry) Ubois: It’s an interesting question of when should you essentially exit a field or exit certain social or power structures, because you can’t abide by things any longer. Sort of the Norbert Weiner solution. Or when do you try to remain engaged. Arkin: Well, let me share my experience with ... Dr. Ronald Arkin on Roboethics and Responsibility (part 2)

Dr. Ronald Arkin on Roboethics and Responsibility (part 1)

Dr. Ronald Arkin is a Professor in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Director of the Mobile Robot Laboratory. In this discussion, he outlines the ethical aspects of robotics, especially those used in war; embedding ethical codes in technical systems; and how practitioners can effectively engage their colleagues in discussions ... Dr. Ronald Arkin on Roboethics and Responsibility (part 1)