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Here's the "problem": on a worldwide level there are bad actors who will for sure deploy armed robots. Period. So, do we (we = any country in the world) want t

Here's the "problem": on a worldwide level there are bad actors who will for sure deploy armed robots. Period. So, do we (we = any country in the world) want to be ahead of this technology or behind? Leading or lagging? Because the leaders will have the power to overthrow the laggards, and if history has served us as a teacher, if it MIGH happen (capability) it WILL happen. Add to the mix overpopulation and the related scarcity of resourced (e.g.: water, protein rich food) and now we have an interesting GLOBAL Game Theory case.

sneak 5y ago
There must not be a mine shaft gap!
TX0098812 5y ago
Other people may do bad things, let's... beat them to it?
heavyset_go 5y ago
The police don't respond to foreign threats, they enforce laws domestically and locally. Armed police drones aren't going to be used against foreign threats, they'll be used against everyday US residents while enforcing domestic and local laws.
anigbrowl 5y ago
That's a legitimate debate, but you're exploring a military problem in a criminal context. True, gangs and drug cartels could and perhaps will use robots to gather intelligence or kill enemies, including police. But let's be realistic here, they could attack each other with faked up tanks or from stolen helicopters...but that almost never happens.
aurizon 5y ago
Aye, There's the rub - these bad actors who have already demonstrated the use of AI enhanced robots/drones that we must face a defeat or be beaten. Make no bones about it, there are latter day hitlers out there running countries like Iran, North Korea etc - much as we dislike the concept we can not allow them to defeat us.