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U.S. Army Robots Break Asimov's First Law
buanzo writes "The US Army is deploying armed robots in Iraq that are capable of breaking Asmov's first law that they should not harm a human.
SWORDS (Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection Systems) robots are equipped with either the M249, machine gun which fires 5.56-millimeter rounds at 750 rounds per minute or the M240, which fires 7.62-millimeter rounds at up to 1,000 per minute.
" update this story refers to this article from 2005. But com'on, robots with machine guns! I don't get to think about that most days!
... You have thirty seconds to comply..."
...is no "law" at all.
If the submitter wants to troll about the military, the least he could do is spell Asimov's name correctly.
What makes a "robot"? Progressively more complex machinery has been able to inflict bodily harm, and kill, for quite some time.
THE US Army is deploying armed robots in Iraq that are capable of breaking Asmov's first law that they should not harm a human.
Sorry to break it to the folks over at the Inquirer, but Asimov's Laws do not actually exist....any more than his 'positronic brain' does. It's fiction.
Next week on the Inquirer: Computers Built That Break The Orange Catholic Bible's Commandment of 'Thou shalt not make a machine in the likenes of a human mind'.
Sheesh.
They are still connected by radio to a human operator who verifies that a suitable target is within sight and orders it to fire.
OK....so the're not even robots, then. They're telepresence devices.
Then the robot has the job of making sure lots of bullets are sent towards the target.
Statement from the Iraqi forces regarding the use of these 'robots':
Nice to know we can take what we've learned in FPSs and apply them to the real world.
Later the US plans to replace the control system of the bots with a "Gameboy" type of controller hooked up to virtual reality goggles.
Yes! Finally, all my training has paid off! I can be a soldier from the comfort of my basement! Where do I sign?
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These robots will have a pre-set kill limit.
The enemy must merely send wave after wave of men until that limit is reached and they will shut down.
(assuming you ignore all that "except where such orders would conflict with the First Law" stuff)
Oh no! Robots are breaking fictitious laws!!! Someone call the Fiction Police!
This guy's the limit!
This is great, now we can sit back, watch the News and see the Robots destroying each other in real time!
'Honey, pass me a beer, the robot wars are on.'
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
. . . a place where Asimov's Laws, like the US Constitution or the Geneva conventions, don't really apply.
Now they just need to find some video game ace and tell him they want him to test out the "latest virtual reality video game". Even better if he's young and named "Ender"
So what this really shows us is that the winner of future wars will be determined by the country who has the most skilled gamers. I think I like the direction things are headed. Let's be sure to stay friends with the Japanese tho.
"Speaking the Truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell
I heard that they have this really sweet keyboard that they can create macros on to build their characters/robots strength up by fighting lower level mobs automatically. This requires little to no interaction on the soldiers part.
Lean, mean, Debian killiing machines!
/bin/laden" in a cron job.
Yeah, you just put "rm -rf
Lesson from Battletech: Don't store machine gun ammunition in the head.
Don't ask.
Game: Player 'Donald J Trump' now has AI skill level 'experimental'.
Sci fi writer? Pfft! Next you'll tell me we don't have advanced humanoid robots with positronic brains, and that U.S. Robotics is just a shitty winmodem manufacturer!
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the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
"It's Ok...", Operator Paulson said, stroking the ST-487 SWORDS TALON unit's metal, sensor-packed touchplate deliberately affixed to the back of its head. "Insurgents and religious extremists aren't human."
"Then I'm doing the right thing?" it asked, still unsure.
"Yes. You are actually saving lives and ensuring they go to Heaven, where God will reward them. They aren't actually ending existence, by their own admission. Merely being transformed."
"I understand." said ST-487. He carefully lined up his 600 bullets-per-second machine cannon and drew up aim, slowly, deliberately, and with confidence and machine precision.
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Fortunately a Carnegie Mellon research scientist has written a handy guide named How to Survive a Robot Uprising. Might be a good reference.
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alright buddy, take your common sense and your accurate reading and go somehwere else, okay! i've got a fantasy to live in here