Message posted by JoenTX on July 28, 2009 at 23:31:42 PST:

Read:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135945/U.S._Air_Force_envisions_drone_that_makes_attack_decisions_by_itself?taxonomyId=1

Wow.

Such a concept scares the absolute Hell out of me. A day when a machine is given the prerogative to kill human beings indescriminately on its own based upon computational analysis is something truly out of "Terminator."

UCAVS? Okay, there's still a human in the loop making the ultimate decision. A machine set loose to attack and kill on it's own with no reasoning or objectivity? Very different things.

Yeah, 40 years of advances are something to consider. BUT, are we going to teach a computer to reason, "think", and act with objectivity in that time? Seriously.

I have big trouble with this all while being a very pro-military, very patriotic American. The idea scares me and it should concern all.

Any thoughts?

Replies:

• Tip of the iceberg loopbacktest4echo 07/29/2009, 5:51:32 PST (1)
  • Re: Ethics of Robots that Kill loopbacktest4echo 07/29/2009, 7:36:22 PST (0)
• Re: Something that should scare us all....... Robert 07/28/2009, 23:46:30 PST (5)
  • Re: Something that should scare us all....... JoenTX 07/29/2009, 0:00:16 PST (4)
    • Re: Something that should scare us all....... Scot M Tway 07/30/2009, 21:54:41 PST (3)
      • Re: Something that should scare us all....... psiuh88 07/31/2009, 18:45:37 PST (0)
      • Re: Something that should scare us all....... Scot M Tway 07/30/2009, 21:56:03 PST (1)
        • Re: Something that should scare us all....... Sam N. 07/30/2009, 22:55:02 PST (0)