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Interesting that the article focuses on the unintentional killing of people by robots. That is unfortunate and worth writing about, but society is good at prop
by ekanes 3y ago
Interesting that the article focuses on the unintentional killing of people by robots. That is unfortunate and worth writing about, but society is good at proportional reaction to things like that. The more disasters there are, the more we'll take it seriously, and the more lawsuits & regulation that will follow.
See: self-driving cars.
The more challenging topic is military/government use of robots in war or citizen control scenarios. Areas like that seem very relevant if you look forward a few decades given the pace of progress of Boston Robotics and AI.
See: Terminator, the movie. Time travel aside... :P
- ReptileMan 3y ago>The more challenging topic is military/government use of robots in war or citizen control scenarios. Absolutely not challenging. They will come and will be used. Nothing you can do about it unless you DRM everything. And then of course the government will still have them. Topic closed. >Interesting that the article focuses on the unintentional killing of people by robots I doubt that there was ever killing. The first two examples are people trying to do maintenance on plugged machines. If you try to fix moving steamroller by standing in front of the wheel - don't be surprised at the consequences. The south africa one - it depends - if the turret just misfired in this general direction - is no different than a mine or shell exploding. If it scanned the soldiers, recognized them as targets and then shoot - then it is killing.