Robotica

Ronald K. L. Collins is the Harold S. Shefelman Distinguished Scholar at the University of Washington School of Law. David M. Skover is the Fredric C. Tausend Professor of Constitutional Law at Seattle University School of Law.

• The thesis; Ronald Collins and David Skover; Prologue: technology and communication; 1. The progress and perils of communication; 2. Robots and their receivers; 3. The new norm of utility; Epilogue: from Areopagitica to Robotica; The commentaries; Robotica in context: an introduction to the commentaries Ryan Calo; The age of sensorship Jane Bambauer; Speech in, speech out James Grimmelmann; An old libel lawyer confronts Robotica's brave new world Bruce E. H. Johnson; What's old is new again (and vice-versa) Helen Norton; Reply Ronald Collins and David Skover; Robotica refined.

'Collins and Skover have long been among the finest minds focused on free expression in America. In this remarkable book, they now turn insightfully to an incredibly complex and timely issue associated with 'robotic expression': how should the First Amendment handle contests involving regulation of 'robot speech' as artificial intelligence grows rapidly in prominence? This book conveys their deep knowledge - and the knowledge of other noted scholars - of the history, law, and technology that inform the way we should think about this emerging field of constitutional inquiry.' John Palfrey, Head of School at Phillips Academy, Massachusetts; former Executive Director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University, Massachusetts; and author of Born Digital