Robotic Speakers and Human Listeners

Authors

Helen Norton, University of Colorado Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication

Seattle University Law Review

Year

2018

Citation Information

Helen Norton, Robotic Speakers and Human Listeners, 41 Seattle U. L. Rev. 1145 (2018), available at https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/faculty-articles/1184.

Abstract

In their new book, Robotica, Ron Collins and David Skover assert that we protect speech not so much because of its value to speakers but instead because of its affirmative value to listeners. If we assume that the First Amendment is largely, if not entirely, about serving listeners’ interests—in other words, that it’s listeners all the way down—what would a listener-centered approach to robotic speech require? This short symposium essay briefly discusses the complicated and sometimes even dark side of robotic speech from a listener-centered perspective.

Comments

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