"Killer robots are coming next:..." Topic

… The next military-industrial complex will involve real-life Terminators.

"The idea to propose a presidential order limiting the development of lethal autonomous robots (killer robots) popped into my mind as if someone had placed it there. The date was February 18, 2012, and I was waiting for a connecting flight home in the U.S. Airways departure terminal at Reagan Airport. My gaze traveled along the panoramic view across the tarmac where the Capitol Dome and the Washington Monument rose high above the tree line along the Potomac River. And suddenly, there it was, an idea I felt compelled to act upon. In the following days, I wrote up and began circulating a proposal for a presidential order, declaring that the U.S. considers autonomous weapons capable of initiating lethal force to be in violation of the Laws of Armed Conflict (LOAC).

For decades, Hollywood has supplied us with plenty of reasons to be frightened about the roboticization of warfare. But now that drones and autonomous antimissile defense systems have been deployed, and many other forms of robotic weaponry are under development, the inflection point where it must be decided whether to go down this road has arrived.

For many military planners, the answer is straightforward. Unmanned drones were particularly successful for the U.S. in killing leaders of al-Qaeda hidden in remote locations of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Some analysts believe unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) were the only game in town, the only tool the U.S. and its allies had to successfully combat guerrilla fighters. Furthermore, drones killed a good number of al-Qaeda leaders without jeopardizing the lives of soldiers. Another key advantage: reducing the loss of civilian lives through the greater precision that can be achieved with UAVs in comparison to more traditional missile attacks. The successful use of drones in warfare has been accompanied by the refrain that we must build more advanced robot weapons before "they" do…"
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Amicalement
Armand

I'm more worried about the ones taking away all those human jobs.

Sure, there'll be some human robot-repair technician jobs created, but only until they figure out how to get the bots to repair themselves, or others.

Agree!

Amicalement
Armand

They are already here.

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And, so it begins…….

I foolishly thought we here on TMP were above making light of someone's actual death. That poor unfortunate was crushed to death in an industrial accident that should never have happened. He should never been near an energized peice of automated equipment that was not de- energized and locked out tagged out. Many gross human errors lead to his death. The machine was involved in his death, it did not kill him, it is incapable of intent or choice. His and his co-workers compounded misjudgements or errors were the cause of his death. Enough of the Hollywood movie garbage. You want to be concerned ? Take a long hard clear headed look at what DARPA is aiming at…… Then worry