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Big Data Robotics and Rights

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Is the activity of software neutral? Could the set of algorithms and big data which help the framework of an artificial intelligence in recognizing, classifying, or elaborating data be considered truly objective? As a matter of fact, data are never objective. Statistical models modify reality as they represent it. Furthermore, we are living in the era of learning machines: Robots are everyday more intelligent, useful, and independent. As they are implied in a long list of activities, we need to know which rules they do have to respect. Most of all, we need to establish who, and in what terms, could be responsible for their faults. That is why the European Union is elaborating a set of principles and rules on robots and artificial intelligence: New technologies have a great potential for the benefit of humanity, provided that ethics and law do not give up on ruling them.

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  1. University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

    Agata C. Amato Mangiameli

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  1. Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo Abogados, Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Javier Cremades

  2. Public Law II & Philology, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Cristina Hermida

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    Antonio Incampo

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Amato Mangiameli, A.C. (2021). Big Data Robotics and Rights. In: Cremades, J., Hermida, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Contemporary Constitutionalism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31739-7_122-1

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