Last updated: March 2023. For most recent publication list, please request CV at contact@katedarling.org
Toward a Feminist Cyberlaw A-ha, in: Feminist Cyberlaw (Meg Leta Jones and Amanda Levendowski, eds.), University of California Press (forthcoming 2023).
Bonding with a Couchsurfing Robot: The Impact of Common Locus on Human-Robot Bonding In-the-wild, J. Mollen, P. van der Putten, and K. Darling, ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction 12.1: 1-33 (2023).
Rise of the therapy chatbots: Should you trust an AI with your mental health? BBC Science Focus, 2023.
How ChatGPT – and Ted Lasso – could rid the internet of hate speech, BBC Science Focus, 2023.
Stop blaming Avatar-generating AI for needlessly sexualised images – fault the creators instead, BBC Science Focus, 2023.
LuLaRobot: Consumer Protection in the Face of Automated Social Marketing, with D. DiPaola in: Proceedings of We Robot (2022).
ChatGPT: A scientist explains the hidden genius and pitfalls of OpenAI’s chatbot, BBC Science Focus, 2022.
Robot companions are on their way, but don’t worry, they won’t replace humans, BBC Science Focus, 2022.
AI image generators will help artists, not replace them, BBC Science Focus, 2022.
Human drivers should not be responsible for accidents caused by autonomous vehicles, BBC Science Focus, 2022.
Do We Love Robots More Than Animals? in: Book of Essays: What Have Animals Ever Done For Us? RSPCA (2022).
Children's Perspectives of Advertising with Social Robots: A Policy Investigation, D. DiPaola, A. Ostrowski, R. Spiegel, K. Darling, C. Breazeal, In: Proceedings of the 2022 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 570-576 (2022).
Introduction, in: Against Reduction: Designing a Human Future with Machines, MIT Press (2022).
It isn’t always the best idea to design robots that look like us – just ask R2-D2, BBC Science Focus, 2022.
If a chatbot became sentient we'd need to care for it, but our history with animals carries a warning, BBC Science Focus, 2022.
We all hated Clippy the Microsoft Office assistant – so why do we love our robot vacuums? BBC Science Focus, 2022.
The robots are coming for your job… if you’re a dolphin, BBC Science Focus 2022.
It's time to accept AI will never think like a human – and that's okay, BBC Science Focus, 2022.
PARO as a biofeedback medical device for mental health in the COVID-19 Era, T. Shibata, L. Hung, S. Petersen, K. Darling, K. Inoue, K. Martyn, Y. Hori et al. , Sustainability 13, no. 20 (2021).
Robots are animals, not humans, WIRED UK (2021).
How Robots Can Help Kids Develop Social Skills, NPR Science Friday (2021).
Robots Versus Toasters: How The Power of Movement Plays Tricks On Human Brains, IEEE Spectrum (2021).
What Emotional Attachment to Robots Might Mean for the Future, Literary Hub (2021).
THE NEW BREED: HOW TO THINK ABOUT ROBOTS, Penguin UK (2021).
THE NEW BREED: WHAT OUR HISTORY WITH ANIMALS REVEALS ABOUT OUR FUTURE WITH MACHINES, Henry Holt (2021).
Will Robots Take Over? The True Problems in Robotics and AI, Shapes, Oct 15, 2020.
Jeffrey Epstein's Influence in the Science World is a Symptom of Larger Problems (Op-Ed), The Guardian, Aug 29, 2019.
Is it Ok to Kick a Robot?, in: UNLOCKING THE UNIVERSE, L. Hawking, S. Hawking, Penguin Random House (Oct 17, 2019)
Remembering Ian Kerr, Jotwell (reviewing Ian Kerr, Bots, Babes, and the Californication of Commerce, 1 University of Ottawa Law and Technology Journal 285 (2004)) (Sept 26, 2019)
Is it Ok to Kick a Robot?, in: GEORGE AND THE SHIP OF TIME, L. Hawking, Penguin Random House (2018)
“Who's Johnny?" Anthropomorphic Framing in Human-Robot Interaction, Integration, and Policy, in: ROBOT ETHICS 2.0, eds. P. Lin, G. Bekey, K. Abney, R. Jenkins, Oxford University Press (2017).
CREATIVITY WITHOUT LAW: HOW COMMUNITIES AND MARKETS CHALLENGE THE ASSUMPTIONS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, co-edited with A. Perzanowski, NYU Press (2017).
HRI Special Edition on Law and Policy, co-edited with Ryan Calo (2016).
Extending Legal Protections to Social Robots: The Effects of Anthropomorphism, Empathy, and Violent Behavior Towards Robotic Objects, in: ROBOT LAW, eds. M. Froomkin, R. Calo, I. Kerr, Edward Elgar (2016).
EN COMPAGNIE DES ROBOTS, avec Alain Bensoussan, Yannis Constantinidès, Premier Parallèle (2016).
Empathic concern and the effect of stories in human-robot interaction, with P. Nandy and C. Breazeal, PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ROBOT AND HUMAN COMMUNICATION (ROMAN) 2015.
Why Google’s Robot Personality Patent is not good for Robotics, IEEE SPECTRUM, April 8, 2015.
Children Beating Up Robot Inspires New Escape Maneuver System, IEEE SPECTRUM, Aug 6, 2015.
Occupy Copyright: A Law & Economic Analysis of U.S. Author Termination Rights, 63 BUFFALO LAW REVIEW 147 (2015).
Digital Age Innovation: Challenges and Strategy in the Online Porn Industry, INA GLOBAL, March 17, 2014.
What Drives IP without IP? – A Study of the Online Adult Entertainment Industry, 17 STANFORD TECHNOLOGY LAW REVIEW 655 (2014).
Extending Legal Protection to Social Robots, IEEE SPECTRUM, Sept 10, 2012.
Contracting About the Future: Copyright and New Media, 10 NORTHWESTERN JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 485 (2012).