UN to debate killer drone ethics In an effort to stop killer drones before they start, humanity is about to unleash its most fearsome weapons: a long, drawn out bureaucratic process and a committee. Both weapons will be brought to bear by the United Nations' which will next week stage an “informal Meeting of Experts” to “discuss the questions related to …
No chance, it will just designate allies as expendables....
I do NOT like the idea of any autonomous drones choosing to kill, I like the idea that a person has to make the decision to kill, not that with the USA that there is any risk of morals being involved here....
If I saw armed robotic police on my streets, my first thoughts would be of how to destroy them, my second would be how to hack them and repurpose them to obey me...
Given the propensity of some nations to inflict high numbers of friendly fire incidents on their military partners, it may be safer for everyone if LAWS are deployed.
I'd not want to live near the first few deployments while the bugs are ironed out (You have 10 seconds to comply), but once the systems mature, it could significantly reduce civilian casualties.
...but we will build these things anyway. There will be a thousand arguments in favor of them. The scariest ones will be the bipedal humanoid ones.
Even more arguments will allow them to become policemen. When that happens, our worst science fiction nightmares will come true. If you are old, like me, you will miss this. If you have young children, they will see this happen.
We will start a fire we can't put out, despite ample warnings and alternatives. Sometimes, it's good to be old.
It is the only life form with a hundred or more stomachs and no brains. "Skynet" will simply kill it, or use it as cover as it keeps right on trucking. When was the last time you ever heard of anything useful coming from the United Nations? It's been a long time, hasn't it?
As if so, situations like this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-27354269 could prove unfortunate, to say the least.
Its unclear where the error lies (apart from probably not with the civilian aircraft), whether it's stupidity or faulty system programming but like a motorcyclist in a road collision, regardless of who's fault it is, the unarmed vehicle is likely to come off worse.
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