Killer robots a small step away and must be outlawed, says top UN official
Killer robots programmed to open fire without human control are just a “small step” from the battlefield and military powers should agree to outlaw them, a top United Nations official has said.
Now who could have seen this coming? Oh, and by the way UN, you might as well just give up on that idea. If something works, and works effectively, people are going to use it whether you like it or not.
‘What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.’
— Lord Melbourne —
Isn't focused or just plain omni EMP feasible for DYI nowadays? If technologically-empowered humans (eg TSA, etc) fail to detect a determined individual's guerilla tactics, robots sure as hell will too. Good luck herding sheep with lethal telepathic powers. Esp. if your life is literally worthless - ie as a robot "shepherd".
You can do anything you want with laws except make Americans obey them. | What I want to do is to look up S. . . . I call him the Schadenfreudean Man.
Later this year, GBADs will be tested using a 10kW laser. A field test of the full 30kW version planned for 2016 is expected to demonstrate and evaluate detection, tracking and firing from mobile tactical vehicles.
Army’s New Laser Cannon Blasts Drones Out of the Sky, Even in Fog
Boeing is building a laser cannon for the U.S. Army, and the new weapon has now proved it will be as capable at sea as on land. The High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD)—basically a high-energy laser mounted on top of a big truck—was successfully used to blast some UAV drones and 60mm mortars out of the Florida sky earlier this year, Boeing announced Thursday.
The robot, presented at IROS Chicago earlier this month, has a video camera built into its "face", with software built in for runway detection and other visual cues. The rest of the buttons, sticks and switches allow the robot to control throttle, braking pitch, yaw, altitude, velocity, and direction, information is fed to the robot directly via wired inputs.
Rise of the machines! Musk warns of 'summoning the demon' with AI: Report
During a speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday, the founder of Tesla told an audience that the tech sector should be "very careful" about pioneering AI, The Post reported, calling it "our biggest existential threat." On several occasions, Musk has called the technology a big risk that can't be controlled.
