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Top US General Warns Against Rogue Killer Robots (thehill.com)
Long-time Slashdot reader Zorro quotes The Hill:
The second-highest-ranking general in the U.S. military last Tuesday warned lawmakers against equipping the armed forces with autonomous weapons systems... Gen. Paul Selva warned lawmakers that the military should keep "the ethical rules of war in place lest we unleash on humanity a set of robots that we don't know how to control. I don't think it's reasonable for us to put robots in charge of whether or not we take a human life," Selva told the committee.
There's already a Defense Department directive that requires humans in the decision-making process for lethal autonomous weapons systems. But it expires later this year...
There's already a Defense Department directive that requires humans in the decision-making process for lethal autonomous weapons systems. But it expires later this year...
The greatest threat is probably from stolen autonomous equipment getting into the hands of terrorists.
No, it really isn't. Without government scare mongering terrorists wouldn't be thought of as much of a threat at all. Your morning commute is more of a danger to you than terrorists.
-- All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. -- Edmund Burke