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New Laws of Robotics Proposed for US Kill-Bots

Posted by Zonk on from the maybe-calling-them-kill-bots-is-a-bad-first-step dept.

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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  1. Robot laws by nurb432 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Are for books and movies.. In the real world the only law is to win. You cant come in 2nd in a war.

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    ---- Booth was a patriot ----
  2. Three rules... by pla · · Score: 5, Insightful

    1) Spell "Asimov" correctly when submitting an article to Slashdot.

    2) The military will program their toys to kill everything and everything, and to hell with Asimov (right up until they turn on us)

    3) Humans already count as collateral damage in warfare. Damn the men, spare the oilfields!