New rules for robots
Tech Life
BBC
4.4 • 221 Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2019
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Should a robot be allowed to react if it is attacked by a person? A new blueprint for robot makers aims to set out how machines should behave. Plus the UK Parliament committee scrutinising Facebook demands an explanation after reports the company knew about the misuse of its data by a political consultancy earlier than it had claimed. Presented by Jane Wakefiled, with BBC Online tech editor Leo Kelion, and special guest Annabelle Timsit from the Quartz website.
(Image: Stock photo of man shaking hands with a robot, Credit: iStock/ Getty Images Plus)
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| 0:55.6 | And also with me is Annabelle Timzitt, reporter at the Quartz News website, where education is one of her areas of expertise. Welcome |
| 1:01.3 | back, Annabelle. Thanks for having me. Here's a taste of what we've got for you today. |
| 1:06.0 | I think the ability that Apple has to diversify from a hardware perspective has been overlooked for quite some time. |
| 1:12.8 | What we want to do is discourage people from reacting maliciously and badly to robots, |
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