Lawyer Mark Deem of Cooley argues that questions of legal liability become impossible if we cannot switch off the machine. Deem wants to set clear limits on the role and responsibilities of robots and the humans who design, build and operate them.
Professor Joanna Bryson of the University of Bath replies that Artificial Intelligence is designed to work with humans, not against them: no emergency ‘off button’ required
Q&A will follow this discussion moderated by a representatitve from Future Intelligence.
Anthony Painter, Director of the Action and Research Centre – Royal Society of Arts, Leslie Willcocks, Professor of Technology Work and Globalisation at London School of Economics in debate with representative from IBM Watson/Justin Lyon of Simudyne/Accenture and Nathan Benaich, leading AI thinker and venture capitalist,
Q and A moderated by Charles Arthur, former Technology Editor of the Guardian.
Peter Warren, author of Cybercrime and warfare – all that matters Hodder and Stoughton 2015 and foiunder of Cyber Security Research Limited debates the vulnerabiities of the AI-enabled world with Mykko Hypponen, F-Secure's Head of Security.
Why we must guard and legislate against human relationships with robots
Dr Trudy Barber, course curator of Media & Digital Practice at the University of Portsmouth will be discussing the hot topic in AI - sex robots, deviation and innovation. She shares the stance that relationships with robots and AIs are inevitable with author of "Love and sex with robots" Dr. David Levy. She will be sharing an interesting viewpoint featuring media and fimography.
In contrast Dr Kathleen Richardson, Senior Research Fellow in the Ethics of Robotics De Montfort University and leader of the Campaign Against Sex Robots discusses why she believes that we must maintain rigid boundaries between ourselves and the machine.
Moderator: Jane Whyatt
