This article is part of an MIT SMR initiative exploring how technology is reshaping the practice of management. Smart machines need ethics, too: Remember that movie in which a computer asked an impossibly young Matthew Broderick, "Shall we play a game?" Four decades later, it turns out that global thermonuclear war may be the least likely of a slew of ethical dilemmas associated with smart machines -- dilemmas with which we are only just beginning to grapple. The worrisome lack of a code of ethics for smart machines has not been lost on Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, IBM, and Microsoft, according to a report by John Markoff in The New York Times. The five tech giants (if you buy Mark Zuckerberg's contention that he isn't running a media company) have formed an industry partnership to develop and adopt ethical standards for artificial intelligence -- an effort that Markoff infers is motivated as much to head off government regulation as to safeguard the world from black-hearted machines. On the other hand, the first of a century's worth of quinquennial reports from Stanford's One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence (AI100) throws the ethical ball into the government's court.

To create a desirable future where humans and conscious machines are at peace with one another, treating our AI with respect may be a crucial factor in preventing the apocalypse Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking and Bill Gates fear. Like basic human rights, AI rights may include the right to liberty, freedom of expression, and equality before the law. But how will AI rights be different from human rights? The AI rights revolution may be contingent on intelligent machines being conscious, with the capacity to feel that they exist and consequently feel pleasure and pain.

True'smart' technology - systems that can use data from many sources to learn and improve - are transforming everything from manufacturing and enterprise services to consumer goods and social media. The use of automation and artificial intelligence is at the heart of this transformation, but it brings with it a broad range of legal, regulatory and ethical challenges. With smart sensors and the'Internet of Things' providing the eyes and ears of these intelligent systems, controlling who holds data about you and what they use it for becomes more difficult. Who is liable for decisions made by autonomous systems - from injuries caused by self-driving cars to discrimination by automated systems used for credit checking on loans - is often far from clear cut.

True'smart' technology - systems that can use data from many sources to learn and improve - are transforming everything from manufacturing and enterprise services to consumer goods and social media. The use of automation and artificial intelligence is at the heart of this transformation, but it brings with it a broad range of legal, regulatory and ethical challenges. With smart sensors and the'Internet of Things' providing the eyes and ears of these intelligent systems, controlling who holds data about you and what they use it for becomes more difficult. Who is liable for decisions made by autonomous systems - from injuries caused by self-driving cars to discrimination by automated systems used for credit checking on loans - is often far from clear cut. We will consider how consumers, businesses operating these AIs and the vendors selling AI-driven products or licensing these systems each have a part to play in defining a new landscape for legal risk after the rise of the robots.

Over the past century, we have made massive strides in the rights revolution. These include rights for women, children, the LGBT community, animals, and so much more. Exploring the future, we must ask ourselves: what next? Will we ever fight for the rights of artificial intelligence? If so, when will this AI rights revolution occur, and what will it look like?

It's been a good week for whales. NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration) Fisheries took nine of 14 populations of humpback whales off the endangered species list. It's a place that humpback whales have occupied since the Endangered Species Act was signed in 1973. The Marine Mammal Protection Act still applies to all humpback whale populations, and the whales will continue to be protected from hunting and other activities. New regulations will also limit the distance at which vessels can approach humpback whales in Alaska and Hawaii, where whales are frequently spotted.

Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series of posts from Lateral Link's team of expert contributors. Michael Allen is Managing Principal at Lateral Link, focusing exclusively on partner placements with Am Law 200 clients and placements for in-house attorneys. There's a new attorney named ROSS in BakerHostetler's bankruptcy practice and it doesn't eat, sleep, or complain about bonuses. Back in May, the Texas firm announced it would be the first to integrate artificial intelligence into its practice. Since then, Latham has entered into the fray, along with the Milwaukee-based Von Briesen & Roper.

Over the past century, we have made massive strides in the rights revolution. These include rights for women, children, the LGBT community, animals, and so much more. Exploring the future, we must ask ourselves: what next? Will we ever fight for the rights of artificial intelligence? If so, when will this AI rights revolution occur, and what will it look like?

Over the past century, we have made massive strides in the rights revolution. These include rights for women, children, the LGBT community, animals, and so much more. Exploring the future, we must ask ourselves: what next? Will we ever fight for the rights of artificial intelligence? If so, when will this AI rights revolution occur, and what will it look like?

Just months after Microsoft's Tay artificial intelligence sent racist messages on Twitter, another AI seems to have followed suit. More than 6,000 selfies of individuals who live all over the world and range in ages of 18 to 69 were judged by a robot in a beauty contest last week. But when the results came in, there was something missing - it turned out the robots did not like people with dark skin. The Beauty.AI beauty contest put together of robot judges to determine the winners. Beauty.AI used five algorithms to act as judges in a beauty contest.