Message posted by JoenTX on July 28, 2009 at 23:31:42 PST:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135945/U.S._Air_Force_envisions_drone_that_makes_attack_decisions_by_itself?taxonomyId=1 Wow. 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.
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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.
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?
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