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Experts Warn of Terminator- Style Military-Robot Rebellion
Times of London ^
| 2/19/09
| Times of London
Posted on 02/19/2009 8:45:20 AM PST by peace with honor
Autonomous military robots that will fight future wars must be programmed to live by a strict warrior code, or the world risks untold atrocities at their steely hands. The stark warning, which includes discussion of a "Terminator" style scenario in which robots turn on their masters is part of a hefty report funded for the US Navy High Tech and secretive office of Naval Research
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: robot; robots; terminator
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oh my
To: peace with honor
Let me be the first to say.....Skynet.
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posted on
02/19/2009 8:46:22 AM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: peace with honor
Give them all Windows OS. Then, when they crash, we can unplug them.
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
Since the government is moving toward open source programs, everyone will have the source so we can program then, not program them or un-program them for anything.
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posted on
02/19/2009 8:50:42 AM PST
by
edcoil
(Hey, I found my round-tuit, guess I'll go to work now.)
To: peace with honor
Or... we could just take the batteries out!
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posted on
02/19/2009 8:52:56 AM PST
by
April Lexington
(Study the constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
To: tet68
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posted on
02/19/2009 8:53:12 AM PST
by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: peace with honor
This is a very real and very scary issue.
Bill Joy: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.04/joy.html
Let me also point out something rather metaphysical - James Cameron had a near-fatal fever during which he saw the Terminator in a dream. When he regained consciousness, he realized that the man-machine didn't exist yet, so it must be from the future. Very sobering beginning to an "innocent entertainment" franchise.
To: swain_forkbeard
Naw... Colossus wants you to live... Skynet wants you to DIE...
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posted on
02/19/2009 8:56:01 AM PST
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: TaoOfSteve
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posted on
02/19/2009 8:56:10 AM PST
by
Perdogg
(Only the hypnotized never lie)
To: peace with honor
Its Robot Chicken Little claiming that the SkyNet is falling. /pun
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posted on
02/19/2009 8:56:38 AM PST
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: peace with honor
Seems to me someone already thought of a solution to this
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
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posted on
02/19/2009 8:56:48 AM PST
by
An.American.Expatriate
(Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
To: peace with honor
Not going to happen unless they get those 125 year hydrogen power cells figured out.
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posted on
02/19/2009 8:57:31 AM PST
by
lafroste
(gravity is not a force. See my profile to read my novel absolutely free (I know, beyond shameless))
To: TaoOfSteve
To: An.American.Expatriate
Except, didn’t the robots still rebel in that story and kill a slew of humans??
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posted on
02/19/2009 9:05:25 AM PST
by
rednesss
(Fred Thompson - 2008)
To: peace with honor
“ROTFL!!LOL!!”
WTF, over?
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posted on
02/19/2009 9:05:31 AM PST
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Frank_Discussion
I think they heard it incorrectly - Not robots, but the O-bots will rebel when BO refuses to part the sea, walk on water and make everyone of them a lottery winner!
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posted on
02/19/2009 9:09:37 AM PST
by
DaveyB
(A government's ability to give is proportionate to their power to take away!)
To: peace with honor
To: peace with honor
Oy vey. Talk about wasting taxpayer money.
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posted on
02/19/2009 9:19:21 AM PST
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: peace with honor
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posted on
02/19/2009 9:21:37 AM PST
by
eclecticEel
(Wall Street isn't a charity ... so why are we giving them money?)
To: eclecticEel
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