21 October 2009

Noel Sharkey in the news

Can you give a drone a conscience?

Sue Corbett asks robotics expert Noel Sharkey about the progress of military robots towards autonomy in the Saturday Times (17th October 2009). The interview is also published online at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article6878373.ece

Noel Sharkey will also be the featured guest this week for the Leading Edge on BBC radio 4 on Thursday 22nd October, 2009. Geoff Watts meets Noel and explores the relationship between humans and robots - past, present and future. They look at how 'human' robots can seem and at the essential differences between 'them' and 'us'. The advert for the programme is at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n911d