US Seeks To Allay Fears Over Killer Robots (bbc.com)

Humans will always make the final decision on whether armed robots can shoot, the US Department of Defense said today. From a report: The statement comes as plans emerge for gun platforms that can choose their own targets on the battlefield. The plans seek to upgrade existing aiming systems, using developments in machine intelligence. The US said rules governing armed robots still stood and humans would retain the power to veto their actions. The defense department's plans seek to upgrade the current Advanced Targeting and Lethality Automated System (Atlas) used on ground combat vehicles to help human gunners aim. The military is seeking commercial partners to help develop aiming systems to "acquire, identify, and engage targets at least three times faster than the current manual process."

Comments

Huh?

[lrichardson]

"The US said rules governing armed robots still stood and humans would retain the power to veto their actions."

Uh, say WHAT? That line says something completely different from 'requiring human finger on every trigger'.

"Yeah, I coulda - probably shoulda - vetoed that Predator bombing on the wedding, but I was in the can at the time."

Oppression through Milgram's Experiment

[DallasTruaxxx]

Armed robots enable oppression by reducing violence to the 'press of a button'. Milgram's Experiment on Obedience to Authority shows us how that one goes.