so conference started the morning with the news that all flights to the UK today were cancelled. Then it went to half of Europe. A good percent of the UK people were supposed to fly out tonight so there was a great flurry of people going to rebook flights, find hotels etc.
After the usual presentations the conference finished this evening with a keynote on the ethics of robots by an English professor Noel Sharkey. Seriously thought provoking stuff. Questions like what are the roles of robots in war? Do they conform to the Geneva Convention? (sometimes) When is robot care appropriate for children and elderly? All very interesting.
I am supposed to fly out tomorrow evening. Can't figure out at the moment whether flights are likely go or not. Think I will just go to bed and worry about it in the morning.
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Yea all airports are closed in Germany until Sunday at least. It's actually kind of eerie with no jetstreams in the sky... Good luck with your flight!
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