Posted on 12/18/2021 11:50:24 AM PST by RomanSoldier19
It may have seemed like an obscure United Nations conclave, but a meeting this week in Geneva was followed intently by experts in artificial intelligence, military strategy, disarmament and humanitarian law. The reason for the interest? Killer robots — drones, guns and bombs that decide on their own, with artificial brains, whether to attack and kill — and what should be done, if anything, to regulate or ban them. Once the domain of science fiction films like the “Terminator” series and “RoboCop,” killer robots, more technically known as Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, have been invented and tested at an accelerated pace with little oversight. Some prototypes have even been used in actual conflicts. The evolution of these machines is considered a potentially seismic event in warfare, akin to the invention of gunpowder and nuclear bombs. This year, for the first time, a majority of the 125 nations that belong to an agreement called the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, or C.C.W., said they wanted curbs on killer robots. But they were opposed by members that are developing these weapons, most notably the United States and Russia.
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Does an out of control Tesla in autonomous mode that kills all the occupants in a firey crash count.....’cause....it happens.
Michael Crichton novel brought to fruition.
Killer robots are a thing, and they will inevitably be impossible to ban, like trying to ban crossbows or the gun.
The only problem is that robots put power into the hands of elites. This is a serious issue.
I support robo cops with full authority in blue cities 🤪
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I don’t think outlawing it would be enforceable against anyone except yourself.
Robocop was not a robot.
Hi.
“Robocop was not a robot.”
Correct, he was the “Six Million Dollar Man” on steroids.
5.56mm
Laws always do the opposite of what their title implies.
On August 29, 1997 Skynet became self aware.
Yeah, that’ll work. Completely trust Russia, China, Iran to abide by their promises.
You can’t win a war against the ChiComs or Soviet Russia (or both) if they invest wholeheartedly in killer robots and your side doesn’t. And this is going to be impossible to keep a lid on because unlike the nuclear arms race, it isn’t based on double-top-secret technology. You can buy most of the stuff you need at Radio Shack.
Or you could, if Radio Shack were still in business.
You don't even have to get inside a Tesla for it to kill you. Just peeing on the bodywork is putting your life (and your wedding tackle) at risk.
so have the west ban killer robots.
But it’s okay if China uses them, or maybe a private crazy guys buys a bunch to attack the non PC. (In Heinlein’s book Friday, corporations went to war with small countries and nuked them.)
Place next sci fi movie plot here.
How did that ban on bio-engineered, weaponized viruses work out?
And Heinlein’s “Moon is a Harsh Mistress” an AI unit helps the Moon win a war.
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