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Why would these things need to be fully autonomous to be scary? The fact that there might be a human operator in the loop would be cold comfort with one of thes

• arrosenberg 6y ago
  Wouldn't you be able to stop it with a foil blanket in that case? A lack of autonomy would mean any kind of faraday cage would make it a paperweight.
• imtringued 6y ago
  That makes no sense. I would be more worried about it failing like a self driving car would. A malfunctioning robot could set your house on fire through an electrical short even if it is 100% trustworthy and harmless to humans. Once I am scared of humans wanting to kill me why would I care if a robot with human like intelligence wants to kill me? It's the same thing at that point.
  • sterlind 6y ago
    It pushes the ultimate decision higher up the chain of command, for one. If a general orders a platoon of soldiers to commit a war crime, the soldiers still ultimately have to decide whether to pull the trigger. There's conscience and self-preservation at play. The robots don't have second thoughts.