Selected news articles and press releases:
12 June 2013
Medium.com / War Is Boring
China's Coming Drone Swarm
31 May 2013
Los Angeles Times
Some Companies Looking at Retaliating Against Cyber Attackers
20 May 2013
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Militaries’ Growing Use of Ground Robots Raises Ethics Concerns
15 April 2013
The Atlantic
Pain Rays and Robot Swarms: The Radical New War Games the DOD Plays
27 March 2013
Deutsche Welle (Germany)
Game of Drones
19 March 2013
PC Tech Magazine
The Dark Side of Computers
14 March 2013
ACM's Interactions
Humanoid (Robot) Hacking
28 January 2013
Press Release
Special Lecture on Food Ethics and Technology on Feb 8
Prof. Paul B. Thompson reveals surprising conflicts in key approaches to food ethics
22 January 2013
io9: Futurism
It Could Be a War Crime to Use Biologically Enhanced Soldiers
5 January 2013
BBC World Service Radio
Weekend Report (starts at 12.30)
4 January 2013
The Atlantic
Could Human Enhancement Turn Soldiers Into Weapons That Violate International Law?
1 January 2013
Press Release
New Report on Military Human Enhancements Tackles Ethical Dilemmas
Questions loom for bioethics, laws of war, military operations, and broader society
31 December 2012
The Raw Story
Group Warns Military: Prepare Now for Risks of ‘Mutant Soldier’ Future
31 December 2012
Digital Journal
Prepare for Future of Troops with 'Mutant Powers' Pentagon Urged
31 December 2012
End The Lie
New Report Highlights Ethics and Policy Dangers of “Military Human Enhancements”
31 December 2012
The Blaze
Report: Soldiers with ‘Mutant Powers’ Coming...But Is Anyone Considering the Implications?
31 December 2012
Wired's Danger Room
Military Must Prep Now for ‘Mutant’ Future, Researchers Warn
26 December 2012
Wired's Danger Room
This Scientist Wants Tomorrow’s Troops to Be Mutant-Powered
13 December 2012
Exhibit
Robot Ethics: What's Morals Gotta Do With Machines
21 November 2012
io9: Social Science
How Modern Technologies Made the Fighting in Gaza Even Worse
13 November 2012
Robotics Business Review
The Cyborg Agenda: Extreme Users
31 October 2012
ZDNet
"Robot Ethics": Book Review
27 October 2012
National Public Radio (NPR)
When A Robot Comes Knocking On The Door
22 October 2012
The European (Germany)
Beautiful New Friends
(English translation here)
27 September 2012
Homeland Security Newswire
Technology Soon To Make Drones Deadlier, More Autonomous
23 September 2012
Global Post
Deadlier Drones Are Coming (Special Report: The Drone Age)
22 August 2012
io9: Futurism
Who Should Pay When Your Robot Breaks the Law?
9 August 2012
Stars and Stripes
Intelligent, Autonomous Robots Set to Change Combat Landscape
26 July 2012
Wall Street Journal (Japan)
Use of Unmanned Drones: Ask an Expert in Robot Ethics
(English translation here)
26 June 2012
Big Think
The Ethics of War Must Be Engaged, Not Changed
19 June 2012
CSO (Chief Security Officer)
Should Best Cybercrime Defense Include Some Offense?
7 June 2012
Talking Points Memo
UN Tries to Navigate Cold Hard Politics of New Cyber War
7 June 2012
The Jerusalem Post
Cyber Warfare
6 June 2012
Practical Ethics (Univ. of Oxford, UK)
Just War Theory and Cyber Warfare
6 June 2012
Slate
Are There Ever Any "Good Guys" in Cyberwar?
5 June 2012
The Atlantic
Is It Possible to Wage a Just Cyberwar?
4 June 2012
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
Book review of "Robot Ethics"
7 May 2012
CSO (Chief Security Officer)
Does "Stand Your Cyberground" Stand a Chance?
30 April 2012
The Atlantic
"Stand Your Cyberground" Law: A Novel Approach for Digital Security
20 Mar 2012
Harvard Political Review
America, Drones, and the Future of Combat
March 2012
Communications of the ACM (CACM)
War 2.0: Cyberweapons and Ethics
March 2012
Journal of Military Ethics
Book Review: What Is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter?
22 Feb 2012
Boston Globe
Introducing Robot Ethics
16 Feb 2012
The Atlantic
More Than Human? The Ethics of Biologically Enhancing Soldiers
16 Feb 2012
Slate
The Big Robot Questions
12 Feb 2012
College Hill Independent (Brown University)
Manning the Unmanned: Taking a Closer Look at Drone Warfare
31 Jan 2012
Reuters (blog)
More Drones, More Robots, More Wars
5 Jan 2012
Nature
Robotics: Morals and Machines (book review)
5 Jan 2012
SLO New Times
Speaking Hypothetically (on technology ethics)
15 Dec 2011
The Atlantic
Drone-Ethics Briefing: What a Leading Robot Expert Told the CIA
15 Aug 2011
Engineering & Technology
Drone Warfare and the Geneva Convention
12 May 2011
Mustang Daily (Cal Poly)
Lecturer on Ethics of Facebook
12 May 2011
SLO New Times
"Like" It or Not: The Ethics of Facebook
9 May 2011
Wired Magazine (blog)
Killer Drone and Texan Philosophers
6 Apr 2011
Press Release
Ethics of Facebook to be Explored at Cal Poly on May 13
Social network continues to gain power but also feed worries
4 Apr 2011
Press Release
Ethics Group Joins Military Technology Consortium
Policy issues arising from cyberweapons, robotics, neuroscience, and more
3 Mar 2011
Mustang Daily (Cal Poly)
Robots-and-Sex Lecture
to Discuss Technology and Ethics
23 Feb 2011
SLO New Times
Do the Robot
7 Feb 2011
Press Release
Ethics Professor to Discuss Sex-Robots at Cal Poly on March 4
Are there limits in exploiting human psychology? Can we find love in machines?
12 Jan 2011
Press Release
US Naval Academy Professor to Discuss War Technologies and Ethics at Cal Poly
Do new technologies lower barriers to waging war? What is the “principle of last resort”?
January 2011
Popular Science
The Terminator Scenario: Are We Giving Our Military Machines Too Much Power? (cover story)
30 Dec 2010
The Next Web
Ethical Robotics and Why We Really Fear Bad Robots
17 Oct 2010
San Francisco Chronicle
Ability to 'See' Advances Artificial Intelligence
4 Oct 2010
National Public Radio (NPR): Talk of the Nation
Can Unmanned Robots Follow the Laws of War?
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 (excerpt)
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&
13 May 2010
Mustang Daily (Cal Poly)
Professor Raises Questions on Science Fiction Becoming Reality
27 April 2010
Press Release
Ethics Professor to Discuss Military Technologies at Harvard University
Talks this spring include US Naval Academy, Cal Poly Science Café, local TEDx, others
5 April 2010
Mustang Daily (Cal Poly)
Stanford Law Professor Speaks About Neuroscience
1 April 2010
Pocket-Lint.com
Will the RoboCops Rise by 2015?
8 March 2010
Press Release
New Nanoethics Book Released by Wiley-Blackwell
Collaboration between two ethicists and nanoscientist reveals unique synergies and insights
25 February 2010
Press Release
Neuroscience and Ethics to be Explained by Stanford Professor on March 12
Issues include prediction, mind-reading, responsibility, consciousness, and more
23 February 2010
Times Live (South Africa)
Drones Hearld New Era in Warfare
17 February 2010
The Christian Science Monitor
New Role for Robot Warriors
8 February 2010
BBC News
Can Battlefield Robots Take the Place of Soldiers?
February 2010
Popular Mechanics
The 8 Evil Forms of AI That Gave Robots a Bad Name
February 2010
Popular Mechanics
The Uncertain Future for Social Robots
22 December 2009
Institute for Religion and Peace (Austria)
George Bekey on Ethics of Autonomous Robots
6 December 2009
Associated Press
Scientists, Lawyers Mull Effects of Home Robots
31 August 2009
Press Release
NSF-Funded Ethics Report on Human Enhancement Released Today
A format gives an easy-to-understand introduction and outline of key issues
3 August 2009
London Daily News
"Terminators" on the Battlefield Could Pose Threat to Human Beings
1 July 2009
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Therapy and Enhancement: Is There a Moral Difference?
22 June 2009
Forbes (special AI report)
The Ethical War Machine
18 June 2009
Epoch Times
Nanotechnology: Tiny Particles Raise Big Concerns
1 June 2009
The Times (UK)
iRobot, Where the Terminator Is Coming to Life
June 2009
BBC Focus Magazine
Rise
of the Machines (cover story)
22 Apr 2009
Reuters
Killer Robots and a Revolution in Warfare
20 Apr 2009
Press Release
Ethics of Facebook
to be Discussed in May 4 Talk at Cal Poly
Does Facebook redefine
friendship, promote only some relationships, affect self-identity?
23 Mar 2009
Press Release
Cal Poly to Host
April 10 Talk on Ethics of Cyberweapons
Dr.
Neil Rowe to also propose solutions to prevent war crimes arising from
cyberattacks
20 Mar 2009
Science Channel: Brink (episode 117)
Lead story on our military-robotics work—no link to video available
16 Mar 2009
LiveScience
Robot Madness: Preventing Insurrection of Machines
2 Mar 2009
Press Release
Human Enhancement and Nanotechnology Conference to Convene at WMU
March 28-29 ethics meeting to cover issues in sports, military,
policy, religion, and more
25 Feb 2009
NewScientist Magazine
Why Robots Can't Be Trusted With Weapons
25 Feb 2009
Fast Company (blog)
Teaching Ethics to Robo Warriors
24 Feb 2009
Encyclopedia Britannica (blog)
The Artificial Morality of the Robot Warrior
23 Feb 2009
Press Release
Cal Poly Researcher
to Speak on War-Robots Panel at APPE 2009
Presentation to discuss benefits, ethics, and risk arising from military
robots
23 Feb 2009
GlobalPost
Beware the Killer Robots
23 Feb 2009
Center for Responsible Nanotechnology (blog)
The Ethics of Killer Robots
20 Feb 2009
ZDNet (blog)
The Terminator Scenario: Perhaps Not So Fictional After All
17 Feb 2009
The Times (UK)
Military's Killer Robots Must Learn Warrior Code
11 Feb 2009
The Mustang Daily (Cal Poly)
Cal Poly Faculty Explore Military Robotics Issues
2 Feb 2009
Wired's Danger Room
What's Next? Robot Rights for Battlefield 'Bots?
2 Feb 2009
Press Release
Ethics Report on
Autonomous Military Robots Released
Cal
Poly researchers examine risks and concerns related to new trend in
warfare
26 Jan 2009
Press Release
Public Lecture
to Discuss NSF's New Requirement for Research Ethics
Challenges arise from lack of agreement on content and teaching
strategies
15 Dec 2008
Press Release
Human Enhancement and Societal Challenges Featured in NanoEthics
Journal
New collection of papers helps to
navigate complex maze of issues
1 Dec 2008
Cal Poly Magazine
Caution in Wonderland
29 Sept 2008
Press Release
The Nanoethics Group to Speak at Environmental Nanotechnology Conference
Nanoparticles
offer benefits but also risks to environment and health
19 Sept 2008
San Luis Obispo's New Times
Armageddon
It - commentary on science experiments and risk
28 April 2008
Press Release
The Nanoethics Group Publishes Anthology with Springer
New volume focuses on the most urgent and near-term issues facing
nanotechnology
29 October 2007
Press Release
The Nanoethics Group to Discuss Human Enhancement Debate at ICNT 2007
Nov. 6 San
Francisco talk examines predicted applications and growing controversy
1 October 2007
Press Release
The Nanoethics Group to Speak in Yale University’s Lecture Series
Oct. 10
talk on possible societal and ethical issues arising from nanotechnology
26 Sept 2007
San Luis Obispo's New Times
Small
Frontiers Carry Big Possibilities:
Nanotechnology with an Ethical Spin Finds a Home in San Luis Obispo
1 August 2007
Press Release
The Nanoethics Group Publishes Major Nanoethics Anthology with Wiley
First-of-its-kind collection explores full range of issues
* Not all news reports appear on this page, e.g., earlier work.
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