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How would you classify a CROWS turret [1] or similar which could automatically fire based on image recognition? I think that’s the kind of case where you run i
by zmgsabst 4y ago
How would you classify a CROWS turret [1] or similar which could automatically fire based on image recognition?
I think that’s the kind of case where you run into these questions about a “human in the loop” — eg, do we need a human to confirm target identification or can the robot automatically engage anyone who points a “firearm” at a soldier, even if that occasionally shoots farmers holding tools oddly?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CROWS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CROWS
- theelous3 4y agoThere is nothing on that page I could see in a brief scan that indicates this system ever acts on its own behalf. As far as I was aware, these are just to keep the gunner's head from poking out the top of the vehicle. It's operated by someone completely manually like 2 ft away.
- zmgsabst 4y agoYes — I was asking a hypothetical about a technology that’s almost viable. CROWS are remote turrets with cameras and automated aiming systems; all we’d need to do is add target recognition. But is that ethnical?
- theelous3 4y agoYou're asking me directly for the answer to all of these grand ethical questions, via the lens of a hypothetical technology you haven't defined the limits of. I really don't know what you expect in ways of an answer.