Positronic @robotPositronic

A Robot Ethics speaker series & social club inspired by Illah Nourbakhsh's CMU class. Asimov's Laws for Roboticists! robotpositronic.blogspot.com Pittsburgh, PA Joined September 2011

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Heather Knight @heatherknight

13 years ago

How do robots make ethical decisions? Save a child that has many yrs to live, or old man w/ great credit who happened to purchased said bot?

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Heather Knight @heatherknight

13 years ago

"The cheapest way to make a safe robot is to make it too crappy to hurt anybody... and esp, no buzz saws for hands" -@danielwilsonpdx

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Heather Knight @heatherknight

13 years ago

.@danielwilsonpdx returns to his alma mater to talk #robopocalypse and apologize profusely for spreading stories of killer bots! @SCSatCMU

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Simone Davalos @MissySB

14 years ago

"A bad day for the pyrotechnician is a bad day for everybody."

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Positronic @robotPositronic

14 years ago

"We should create awareness" Pete Singer - more resources on military robots: wiredforwar.pwsinger.com

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Positronic @robotPositronic

14 years ago

Live tweeting from a Positronic Lighting Talk session with Debadeepta Dey!

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Positronic @robotPositronic

14 years ago

What are the consequences of UAVs throughout the world? Swarm control? Distancing controllers from the field of war?

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Positronic @robotPositronic

14 years ago

Did you know R2D2 is also an anti-aircraft missile? Same cute roundness.

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🤖 creepy robots 🤖 @creepybots

14 years ago

If robots ever perform in the Super Bowl halftime show, a wardrobe malfunction would have dire consequences for the audience.

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Positronic @robotPositronic

14 years ago

Meeting Monday 5pm @ CMU in Newell Simon Hall!! Lovebots, Can Ethics be probabalistic? and an overview of military robot platforms!

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Positronic @robotPositronic

14 years ago

What happens to liability in an era of autonomous cars? wired.com/magazine/2012/…

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Ryan Calo @rcalo

14 years ago

Who will regulate #robots? bit.ly/yW2a3S

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Joanna J Bryson @j2bryson

14 years ago

Surprise! [not :-)] AISB just extended its deadline: another month to contribute your abstract on AI/Robot Ethics cs.bath.ac.uk/~jjb/web/ethic…

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Positronic @robotPositronic

14 years ago

Next Lightening Talks event coming up! We have a whole programming committee now to help figure out the date. Prepare for cupcakes.

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Positronic @robotPositronic

14 years ago

Robot and Frank explores the complexities of a caretaking robot and lockpicking, premiered at Sundance: io9.com/5878242/sundan… #robotandfrank

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Positronic @robotPositronic

14 years ago

@j_s_rhee Neat, maybe we'll make a roadtrip. :-]

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Positronic @robotPositronic

14 years ago

@j_s_rhee do you know if this Gizmo performance has real bots? theatre.psu.edu/performances/s…

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Positronic @robotPositronic

14 years ago

Dogs in the military considered equipmt but many argue for reclassification - could this happen with veteran bots 1day?security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/06/whe…)

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Positronic @robotPositronic

14 years ago

Crazy new swedish ultra-realistic robo-novella TV series RT @AutomatonBlog Mystery of the robot w chainsaw vids SOLVED! spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robo…

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Positronic @robotPositronic

14 years ago

Flashback! CMU Robo-Seminar 2/14/2008: Robot Wars: The Ethical Issues - Rob Sparrow. Video: cs.cmu.edu/~robocast/2008… Audio: cs.cmu.edu/~robocast/2008…