New Laws of Robotics Proposed for US Kill-Bots

jakosc writes "The Register has a short commentary about a proposed new set of laws of robotics for war robots by John S Canning of the Naval Surface Warfare Centre. Unlike Asimov's three laws of robotics Canning proposes (pdf) that we should 'Let machines target other machines and let men target men.' Although this sounds OK in principle, 'a robot could decide under Mr Canning's rules, to target a weapon system such as an AK47 for destruction on its own initiative, requiring no permission from a human. If the person holding it was thereby killed, that would be collateral damage and the killer droid would be in the clear.'"

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Re:Three rules...

[webmistressrachel]

Absolute rubbish.

It specifically states in your linked article that the Asian contracts are tiny and are only happening because China et al are willing to send people where the West isnt!

It then goes on to say that these are tiny contracts and that British and U.S. interests are biding their time for longer-term, more secure, higher volume contracts ("up to 6 million barrels a day"). It also says that Bush saw the arrangements for Iraqi oil sales before Iraq's own parliament saw them (or voted??)!

The evidence of foul play is all over the US, the news, and even the article you use in the US govt's defence, but most of us are too dumb to see it. That's the result of the dumbed down idea that "the market will provide" we've been living under since the War.

It's time people realised that we are really are living in a world planned around the idea that everybody will betray everybody else whenever they can for profit; which has become a self-fulfilling prophesy because the people who don't think like sharks are left behind financially and thus do not have a voice.

I will rest this case even stronger if I get modded "Troll" or something because if you take an objective view of what is happening, watch a few documentaries (I recommend the BBC's "The Trap" or "The Century of the Self"), etc you will see all of this in every political speech you watch, nearly every news item, the way the banks treat their customers, social security, it's endemic. It's a giant pyramid scheme based on money.

Go on, mod me a troll. Prove my point.

Then read some of my previous posts. And perhaps you'll see that there REALLY is a pattern of idiocy in the way your happy to have freedoms taken away in the name of ... errr ... freedom??

Rachel

Re:Robot laws

[WED Fan]

Son, I've served my hitch. More than once. But, I still carry, and I still defend. And, /. is in dire need of some opposing views. Don't like it? Fine, I served so you can be an ass about others rights and service. If I had a ribbon and bow, I'd wrap it for you. But, I'm not even going to hold out for a "thank-you" from someone like you.