Posted on 08/21/2019 10:48:43 PM PDT by bitt
Amazon, Microsoft and Intel are among leading tech companies putting the world at risk through killer robot development, according to a report that surveyed major players from the sector about their stance on lethal autonomous weapons.
Dutch NGO Pax ranked 50 companies by three criteria: whether they were developing technology that could be relevant to deadly AI, whether they were working on related military projects, and if they had committed to abstaining from contributing in the future.
"Why are companies like Microsoft and Amazon not denying that they're currently developing these highly controversial weapons, which could decide to kill people without direct human involvement?" said Frank Slijper, lead author of the report published this week.
The use of AI to allow weapon systems to autonomously select and attack targets has sparked ethical debates in recent years, with critics warning they would jeopardize international security and herald a third revolution in warfare after gunpowder and the atomic bomb.
A panel of government experts debated policy options regarding lethal autonomous weapons at a meeting of the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in Geneva on Wednesday.
Google, which last year published guiding principles eschewing AI for use in weapons systems, was among seven companies found to be engaging in "best practice" in the analysis that spanned 12 countries, as was Japan's Softbank, best known for its humanoid Pepper robot.
Twenty-two companies were of "medium concern," while 21 fell into a "high concern" category, notably Amazon and Microsoft who are both bidding for a $10 billion Pentagon contract to provide the cloud infrastructure for the US military.
Others in the "high concern" group include Palantir, a company with roots in a CIA-backed venture capital organization that was awarded an $800 million contract to develop an AI system "that can help soldiers..
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Some people in the world wouldn’t have done that.
MAGA!nificent
Your bank account and credit card account are not safe from hackers... what could go wrong?
This is going to complicate OSHA 29 CFR . . .
Beep boop, don’t fear the beeper. Sit still human, this will not damage me in any way.
Not all tech is benign
Time to consider Jesus. The hole in the matrix is closing fast
There is some wild stuff going on.
Technology is going too fast for me. “Ye shall be as gods...” going to be a wild ride from here to harpazo.
5 cents says Mitt Romney (D-Kolob) believes he is the fulfillment of the (false) “white horse prophecy” of Joseph Smith.
I would also say this applies to Glenn Beck (D-Kolob also). It explains Glenn Beck’s kooky fake “Oval Office” he had built for himself.
If they believe they’re going to rule a world as a “god” then they’re happy to straddle the fence because they’re a “uniter” (like McCain).
Could be regarding Romney. Where would we be if he became president? I’m almost happy we survived 8 years of Soetero. As per Beck, he’s all over the place. Thought he was something a decade ago and FReepers warned me off. I think he just follows the wind and of course the teaching of Smith/Young
Barack gave away the internet and did his rainbow WH in his 2nd term (I think - double check me on that).
Mitt (yes I had to pull a handle AGAINST Obama for him and Juan) - well who knows what Mitt would have done.
We’re getting some indication, it seems.
sigh
It’s been terrible choices all my life but the worst were Soetero/McCain, Soetero/Romney. I never thought we’d even consider electing a muslim/Black Liberation theology Marxist nor run him against a devout Mormon.
Just don’t ask who I actually voted for in the Cartelfornia dem nomination between Hilda and Sanders. Think: bigger loser. Does my post sound like a Banana Republic? Trump is America’s only hope. When he leaves,”some people will do something.” It’s almost guaranteed.
FReepmail in a sec
And you probably enjoy the constant fiddling with the horizontal and vertical hold buttons on your black and white TV too......LOL!
Nah. That's what I got the wife for. I'll just sit there in an overstuffed chair with my beer perched on my belly and tell her when she's got the picture cleared up. LOL!!!
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