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US Killer Robot Policy: Full Speed Ahead
Lasrick writes "Princeton's Mark Gubrud has an excellent piece on the United States killer robot policy. In 2012, without much fanfare, the U.S. announced the world's first openly declared national policy for killer robots. That policy has been widely misperceived as one of caution, according to Gubrud: 'A careful reading of the directive finds that it lists some broad and imprecise criteria and requires senior officials to certify that these criteria have been met if systems are intended to target and kill people by machine decision alone. But it fully supports developing, testing, and using the technology, without delay. Far from applying the brakes, the policy in effect overrides longstanding resistance within the military, establishes a framework for managing legal, ethical, and technical concerns, and signals to developers and vendors that the Pentagon is serious about autonomous weapons.'"
Ah, but one law is just waaaay simpler than three.
It's just unfortunate that law is -- Kill humans.
Law 1, article 4, section 53, subsection 12
You shall not do any harm to a human being unless they are attacking or trying to arrest a CEO/Billionaire.
Law 1, article 4, section 53, subsection 12 a. If CEO is being arrested by armed humans of any sort (including police), you are free to cause said human's harm and even death.
Law 1, article 4, section 53, subsection 12 subsection b. Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and every other Wall street banker shall be protected even if it means killing every other human in the vicinity.
Law 1, article 4, section 53, subsection 12 subsection c. : folks who can pay 100 million dollars per year shall have unlimited protection by said robots.
Law 1, article 4, section 53, subsection 12 subsection d. : Members of Congress are immune forever from actions of said robots.
Negative. I am a meat popsicle.
Now I can get behind the program.
War! With hookers and blackjack! Forget the war - and the blackjack.