Sages ponder perils of life with robots
As machines move in, social, ethical issues arise
Posted: December 7, 2009 at 3:51 a.m.
Microsoft Corp. researcher Eric Horvitz looks at a camera that is part of a nonfunctioning computerized receptionist outside his office in Redmond, Wash.
Eric Horvitz illustrates the potential dilemmas of living with robots by telling how he once was stuck in an elevator at Stanford Hospital with a “droid” the size of a washing machine.
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Business, Pages 23 on 12/07/2009
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