Will robots spawn lawsuits? Legal expert says yes
Robots are the “it” technology going into 2014. Amazon Inc. is toying with the idea of using drones to get goods delivered to customers in as little as 30 minutes. Google Inc. is buying up every robotics firm it can get its hands on. But look beyond the cool factor of robotics and artificial intelligence technologies and you’ll find a problem that many are overlooking — these technologies represent a scale of change that hasn't been experienced since the Industrial Revolution, and our existing social and legal framework may not be ready to cope.
To get a better idea of the legal issues facing robotics technology, I spoke with Garry Mathiason, chairman of the board of Littler Mendelson and co-chair of the law firm’s new robotics and corporate compliance practice, which hopes to carve out a niche helping companies cope with the legal issues raised by robots.
Mathiason has been following the robotics industry for a long time — he published his first paper about robots and the law in 1965. In the following interview, he talks a bit about why he thinks this is poised to be one of the most important legal issues of the next 10 years, and what companies need to start doing now to prepare for it.
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