In recent police-suspect encounters, the public’s accurate understanding of the events hinges on whether a video recording is available. While witnesses may be plentiful, they seldom have that rarest of attributes, an excellent and unbiased memory. Until a credible record of events is available, the public tends to shape a story from their imagination and […]
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Can a Machine Commit a Crime?
Any real answer leads to the obligations of the designers of devices and systems. When one of the emerging “driverless cars” collides or harms passengers, who is at fault? When a current-day extortionist software freezes your laptop files, who is at fault? The designers and those who deploy the devices are at fault. But, what […]