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16×9 On The Robot Revolution

October 26, 2012 CLTS

Ian Kerr talks about robots and ethics on Global News

Imagine a future where a robot could tend to you in old age. A humanoid machine equal parts caregiver and companion who’d live in your home, prepare your meals, and even help you out of bed. At night, your robot gently holds your hand as you drift asleep; changing the temperature of its appendage to match your own.

It might seem like science fiction, but the race to produce robots for the consumer market is very real. And there’s more than one tech company believing in domestic robotics as the next phase in computing technology.

But robot ethicist Ian Kerr is still sceptical of a society where machine works alongside man. “What are the ethical pitfalls? What are some of the legal things we should be thinking about as well? And maybe in some of those cases, we’ll reflect and say, you know what? That application might be powerful, but we ought not to go there.”

View the newscast and article, here.

Tags article, ethics, global, interview, news, newscast, robots

Cross Country Checkup On Lawful Access

February 20, 2012 CLTS

Ian Kerr talks with CBC's Rex Murphy about Bill C-30

Surveillance is, and always has been, a topic that makes people uneasy. The explosion over the past decade of public and private activity online has meant that many people have had to re-think their attitude towards privacy, and define exactly what should be public and what should be private.

What do you think? Is the internet a wide open place that should be free from authority and surveillance? Or must there be an update of police powers to keep up with the evolution of crime and criminals in an Internet age? What about the proposed law …do Canadians need to give the police powers that are better tuned to the electronic realities of today? Or, should Canadians be more vigilant than ever about protecting their privacy in a time when it can be compromised with the click of a mouse?

Our question today: “Does the proposed law to allow police easier identification of Internet users go too far?”

Listen to the show on CBC Cross Country Checkup.

Tags cbc, interview, Bill C-30, law, lawful access, privacy

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