WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org)
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Bots (short for robots) seem to be everywhere these days. One place they are increasingly present is on online social media, and their presence means we would probably be wise to take a lot of what we see and hear there with a grain of salt. Here’s why.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Think robots are just good for vacuuming floors while the owner sits in a chair and sips iced tea? Think again. The DARPA Robotic Challenge puts semi-autonomous robots through their paces – and points to a future in which robots will be doing a lot of the work that humans do now.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
So what do you think about robots? If you’re like most of us, you probably don’t think much about them at all. That will be changing before too long as robots become a bigger part of daily life and we have to figure out some of the legal and ethical implications of having robots be an important part of our world.
Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Robots have long been the stuff of science fiction but they are fast becoming parts of our everyday life. While we may be preparing for the presence of robots in a technological sense, we seem less prepared to deal with the moral and legal questions that autonomous robots will bring to our society and legal system. Here’s why…