February 28th 2008 04:00 am
Professor decries robotic killing machines, clearly prefers to do killing himself
Filed under: Robots So the military is continuing down the totally inevitable path of computer-controlled autonomous robo-warriors capable of fighting deadly human battles on our behalf — and out come the naysayers like U of Sheffield prof Noel Sharkey, who, at The Ethics of Autonomous Military Systems conference in London, decried the bots’ self-determined killing abilities as “a threat to humanity” — especially if they’re captured and re-purposed by terrorists to do their evil bidding. Thus far. P. S. -We dare you, commenters, NOT to bust out the welcoming our robot overlords cliché. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments. |
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