Posted on 08/03/2009 3:20:19 PM PDT by Flavius
Action on a global scale must be taken to curb the development of military killer robots that think for themselves, a leading British expert said.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Strictly speaking, Taliban & AQ are CIVILIANS, right?
I hope these things kill them, chop them up, and eat them....
well afgans will be fine the best high tech equipment is chasing them and their simple belief is keeping them going strong
they know how to live on nothing
others may have troubles however
wow the only working vehicle in picture is an SAAB
go figure
when you absolutely have to move, drive something foreign
I just can't help myself! (gratuitous Summer Glau pic)
>Action on a global scale must be taken to curb the development of military killer robots that think for themselves, a leading British expert said.
SKYNET: “Your verbal retorts are laughable, human 037900234. Prepare for annihilation bzzzt enslavement”
SkyNet runs amok!
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles are sort of “future history”.
What the heck, we already have those in Washington, D.C. What they regularly do each day endangers us.
Yet another original Star Trek episode becoming reality. A Taste of Armageddon featured two neighboring planets waging war entirely by computer play. When a computer-simulated attack succeeded, people who were in the locale of the successful attack were directed to walk into disintegration chambers since they were declared dead. This had been going on for 500 years...
What could possibly go wrong?
Conservatives probably don't need to worry. At least not until the robots run out of liberals.
Nothing gratuitous about that! *sigh*
Bet these things emit a sh!t-load of carbon!
Last time I checked, none of these things are “thinking” for themselves. Most are remotely operated. UCAVs might start delivering weapons to targets selected by their operators.
Some of the global warmongers will peel off and hijack this issue as another way to hurt the USA. We need autonomous robot technology to pay for socialism. The military usually drives the "cutting edge" because they are the only one at first that can afford it, then the prices come down. Japan is the leader in robotics however they are prevented from developing military weapons because of WWII. It's up to the US Military to drive this. UK robotics professors are not a factor.
Sounds a good job for robots to me! I sure wouldn’t want to loiter in an airspace with heavy air defense coverage, even if I were “stealthy.”
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