robot arms racing
" Increasingly autonomous, gun-toting robots developed for warfare could easily fall into the hands of terrorists and may one day unleash a robot arms race, a top expert on artificial intelligence told AFP.
"They pose a threat to humanity," said University of Sheffield professor Noel Sharkey ahead of a keynote address Wednesday before Britain's Royal United Services Institute. "
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080227111811.y9syyq8p&show_article=1
pssh. I think this is more than a little foolish. Have they considered the threat posed to people by autonomous, gun-toting *humans*? A hypothetical terrorist-bot would have a much harder time blending into a crowd.
The proposed remedy is even sillier. Any robot with a hand can hold a gun. Any robot with an eye can aim one. Would they ban automobiles because they're useful in warfare and could fall into the hands of terrorists?
"They pose a threat to humanity," said University of Sheffield professor Noel Sharkey ahead of a keynote address Wednesday before Britain's Royal United Services Institute. "
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080227111811.y9syyq8p&show_article=1
pssh. I think this is more than a little foolish. Have they considered the threat posed to people by autonomous, gun-toting *humans*? A hypothetical terrorist-bot would have a much harder time blending into a crowd.
The proposed remedy is even sillier. Any robot with a hand can hold a gun. Any robot with an eye can aim one. Would they ban automobiles because they're useful in warfare and could fall into the hands of terrorists?