No killer robots please #375
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I want to question the premise that "machines [have] the power to decide who lives and dies". What machines currently have the power to decide who lives and dies, without human intervention? Does any machine have the ability, on it's own, to circumvent international rules on warfare? Is it possible (legally speaking) for a machine to, without human intervention, identify and kill human beings legally? |
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They don't yet. This is pre-emptive, because it ain't far off. |
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👍 I approve |
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@philipjohn Check out:
The point is that it's coming, and we should be deciding ahead of time if we want it to. |
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@philipjohn this is the other one I was looking for: https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/the-pentagon-is-building-a-self-aware-killer-robot-army-fueled-by-social-media-bd1b55944298#.2hte96n4z |
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cmoooooon I will only resubmit this again if it's not accepted - @philipjohn? :D |
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Closing as long-overdue and I should follow the rules. I will be resubmitting though! |
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Having a second try at submitting this one. This is coming ever closer, with auto-firing drones and so on starting to pop up in the news.