Robot Soldiers Will Kill Your Ass Dead
Soon, robot soldiers will kill you. But, if it makes you feel any better, some people think they'll be acting more ethically than humans.
"My research hypothesis is that intelligent robots can behave more ethically in the battlefield than humans currently can," said Ronald C. Arkin, a computer scientist at Georgia Tech, who is designing software for battlefield robots under contract with the Army. "That's the case I make."
He and others say that the technology to make lethal autonomous robots is inexpensive and proliferating, and that the advent of these robots on the battlefield is only a matter of time. That means, they say, it is time for people to start talking about whether this technology is something they want to embrace. "The important thing is not to be blind to it," Dr. Arkin said. Noel Sharkey, a computer scientist at the University of Sheffield in Britain, wrote last year in the journal Innovative Technology for Computer Professionals that "this is not a 'Terminator'-style science fiction but grim reality."
Not 'Terminator'-style science fiction my ass! We're all freaking dead man. And the last thing I need is captain crazy pants there in the picture programming killer robots. I mean, Jesus, look at that wood paneling.
Hit the link below for a nice long article that made me pee my pants a little. Okay, a lot.
A Soldier, Taking Orders From Its Ethical Judgment Center [nytimes]
Thanks to Downey and Daniel, both of whom can kill robots in their sleep.
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