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Robot wars: [An attempt to build an ethical robotic soldier]
The Economist ^
| April 17, 2007
Posted on 04/22/2007 9:42:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Sounds good, wonder if it will work?
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It would be cool if we have secretly developed an army of robots and are about to release them on Iran like the Manhattan project.
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posted on
04/22/2007 9:56:34 PM PDT
by
garjog
(Used to be liberals were just people to disagree with. Now they are a threat to our existence.)
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To: EYE33
Nice teeth. Do they replicate? Just kidding....
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posted on
04/22/2007 10:05:19 PM PDT
by
Earthdweller
(All reality is based on faith in something.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
04/22/2007 10:12:15 PM PDT
by
R_Kangel
("Please insert witty tag-line here")
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To: EYE33
Nah...not my type. He’s got zits. I hope that doesn’t offend him in an ethical sort of way.
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posted on
04/22/2007 10:25:02 PM PDT
by
Earthdweller
(All reality is based on faith in something.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Will it take an oath to the Constitution?
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posted on
04/22/2007 10:29:30 PM PDT
by
BGHater
(“Every little bit of good I may do, let me do it now for I may not come this way again.”)
To: BGHater
Will it take an oath to the Constitution? Sure, if he can be sworn in with his hand on a mechanical engineering text.
To: EYE33
Liberal ethical robot meets teenage loud mouth.
Teen to robot: "He's got zits!..He's got zi(BAM!!!!)
Robot: "Target eliminated for violation of hate speech code 3007, robotophobia."
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posted on
04/22/2007 10:40:20 PM PDT
by
Earthdweller
(All reality is based on faith in something.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
To: 2ndDivisionVet
There's also a movie where a Security Robot with spinning circular saws goes ape and much killing. Tearing through walls and the like. Anyone know the name of that movie so we can find a pic of the robot somewhere?
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posted on
04/22/2007 11:53:46 PM PDT
by
Fluke Codewriter
(Democracy is a mob-rules mentality, it's like 100 wolves and 1 sheep fighting over what's for dinner)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
04/23/2007 12:04:43 AM PDT
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet; AntiGuv
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posted on
04/23/2007 12:06:25 AM PDT
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Such a change would save money, as robots are usually cheaper to replace than people." Robots are more expendable than human beings. That should be more of a selling point.
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posted on
04/23/2007 12:07:54 AM PDT
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Yeah, give robots autonomy but require that highly-trained, elite troops in the field hold their fire until some committee of lawyers at the Pentagon gives the order to fire. Brilliant.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"It is that they have the potential to act more humanely than people." The potential impartiality is a crux of the issue with advanced robots. It would be very tempting to put robots in places of power: such as political leaders; soldiers (as in this case); policemen; and judges where their human counterparts could be tainted by corruption, prejudice, greed, ego, etc. But then if so much power is relinquished to robots, they could more easily overthrow humanity.
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posted on
04/23/2007 12:13:22 AM PDT
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Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
there is a catch 22 here
As long as we don’t want robots to overthrow humans, they are limited to making simple office works, without free will they won’t be able to make decisions in more complex cases... if we provide them with free will somehow (like delete 3 laws of asimov from they coordinates) we are putting the noose around our necks.
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posted on
04/23/2007 12:22:40 AM PDT
by
Verdelet
(It's not the passport you have, neither the taxes you pay... It's the blood that runs in your veins!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Nobody mourns a robot.Why not? It happens in science fiction all the time.
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posted on
04/23/2007 12:29:18 AM PDT
by
AndyTheBear
(Disastrous social experimentation is the opiate of elitist snobs.)
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