Artificial Intelligence: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks?

Insurance lawyers have been pondering who is to blame if a self-driving car crashes, for instance. A recent report by Pro Publica also shows certain crime prediction software is racially biased when used to assessing the likelihood of criminal behavior. Asaro is also a member of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, which advocates banning weapons like drone planes that attack targets without human intervention. "There is a moral, and often a legal, requirement to judge the necessity of taking life or doing violence against a person," Asaro says. "Machines, including AI technology for as far as we can foresee their capabilities, will not be moral or legal agents such that they would be capable of making these judgements."