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From: "Jones Beene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[Not to mention the threat of a computer virus - and
say: what about a 'terrorist-trojan' which makes the
robot switch sides ??]
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Vo]:New supercomputer is a rack of PlayStations
Yikes, Terry
Michel and I were hoping for a more 'gentlemanly'
transition ....
Killer Military Robots Pose Latest Threat To
Humanity, Robotics Expert Warns
There are some grim implications, which can be taken
from last sentence in this quote:
"Over 4,000 robots are currently deployed on the
ground in Iraq and by October 2006 unmanned aircraft
had flown 400,000 flight hours. Currently there is
always a human in the loop to decide on the use of
lethal force. However, this is set to change with the
US giving priority to autonomous weapons - robots that
will decide on where, when and who to kill....
And what is the 'authority' for the 'priority' of autonomous weapons? Or
does the author mean booby traps and land mines? Simple heat seekers are
easy and indiscriminate and ineffective. Real pattern recognition is very
difficult, human snipers can make mistakes. One can track and kill an
intruder in a controlled situation, but a natural environment is much, much
more difficult.
Mike Carrell
