Monday 2 July 2012
The Case Against Autonomous Killing Machines ☀
Long a staple of science fiction, the notion of autonomous robots that can kill is starting to take root in the U.S. military. It’ll only be a matter of time before these “thinking” machines are unleashed on the battlefield — a prospect that’s not sitting well with people both inside and outside of the Pentagon.
Is it really ethical to develop and deploy these terrible creations? And what, if anything, can we do to prevent it?
