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Based at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo, the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group is a non-partisan organization focused on the risk, ethical, and social impact of emerging sciences and technologies.




Events

Spring 2010: Upcoming talks at the US Naval Academy, Harvard University, and Cal Poly

12 March 2010: Ethics of Neuroscience talk by Stanford law professor Hank Greely
  The Latest News

Summer 2010
Nanotechnology Law & Review
  "Book Review of What Is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter?"


19 June 2010
The Times (UK)
  "Are Robot Cops a Potential Disaster?"
  "Reality of Robocops" (excer
pt)


13 June 2010
The New Atlantis (blog)
  "Patrick Lin on the Military's Push for Human Enhancement"


21 May 2010
The Times (UK)
  "Looming Era of Robot Conflicts Redefine Ethics, Rules and Art of War"




  Human Enhancement Ethics Report

Aug 2009: We released a new report, "Ethics of Human Enhancement: 25 Questions & Answers", funded by the US National Science Foundation. Please click here for the press release and here for the full report (0.9 MB).

In collaboration with Dartmouth College, Western Michigan University, and CAPPE (Australia), this work is sponsored by NSF award # 0620694 and 0621021.


Military Robot Ethics Report

Dec 2008: We completed a preliminary report that examines issues of risk and ethics related to autonomous military robots. 

Please click here for the full report (1.9MB) and here for the press release.  Authored by Patrick Lin, George Bekey, and Keith Abney, this report is
sponsored by the US Department of Navy, Office of Naval Research, under award # N00014-07-1-1152 and N0014-08-1-1209.
         
         
         
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