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This might be an important case for the future of robotics at home. Imagine a day when androids or highly capable home robots are inexpensive and commonplace.
by rebootthesystem 10y ago
This might be an important case for the future of robotics at home. Imagine a day when androids or highly capable home robots are inexpensive and commonplace. They will see and hear everything you do.
Let's extend that to the same kinds of robots at work. Working alongside humans, participating in meetings, completing various tasks internal and external to the business. Maybe even interacting with similar robots at other companies, vendors, etc.
Not sure any rights regarding these scenarios are well defined today.
- SomeStupidPoint 10y agoWhy would the situation be any different than a person or traditional recording equipment doing those things? If you want to live with observers, you have always had to accept that they can be used in court.
- rebootthesystem 10y agoI'll let an attorney answer this. I think there's a huge difference. Part of it being that, as far as I know, there's no case law for the scenario of a robot being a part of a person's daily life while recording data from an array of sensors, including vision and sound.
- SomeStupidPoint 10y agoBut how are robot sensors different than if I choose to have, eg security cameras around my house or a maid doing the cleaning? In fact, the robot sounds exactly like a live in maid, who can already be compelled to testify on my activities. Both the camera footage and maid testimony can be demanded by the courts, so why would a hybrid of the two be different?
- rebootthesystem 10y agoI think you might be confusing logical thinking with the way the legal system works. I hope an attorney on HN can comment on this. Happy to be wrong but I don't think I am, at least not massively wrong.