February 27, 2008

Automated killer robots 'threat to humanity'

But up to now, a human hand has always been required to push the button or pull the trigger.

It we are not careful, he said, that could change.

Military leaders "are quite clear that they
want autonomous robots as soon as possible, because they are more
cost-effective and give a risk-free war," he said.

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But even more worrisome, he continued,
is the subtle progression from the semi-autonomous military robots
deployed today to fully independent killing machines.

"I have
worked in artificial intelligence for decades, and the idea of a robot
making decisions about human termination terrifies me," Sharkey said.

It's just a matter of time.

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