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New Alan Ayckbourn play puts a robot on trial for murder
Original: This week's net.wars, "What's in a name", goes to see Alan Ayckbourn's latest play, The Trial of Romeo Oscar, in which a
Playwright Alan Ayckbourn's latest work, The Trial of Romeo Oscar, stages a courtroom drama in which a robot stands trial for murder. The production is drawing attention among technology and science fiction commentators, with discussion centring on what it says about naming, agency and machine responsibility as robots become more present in public debate.
Why now: The play's premise of putting a robot on trial taps into current anxieties about AI accountability and machine autonomy.
Alan AyckbournThe Trial of Romeo Oscar
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