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If the robots are used for military logistics (moving stuff around, but not directly engaging in combat) would you consider them to be "robots that the governme
by surrealize 13y ago
If the robots are used for military logistics (moving stuff around, but not directly engaging in combat) would you consider them to be "robots that the government will use to kill or harm people"?
- JabavuAdams 13y agoIt would be better, but it's still enabling the US military. Even from the perspective of US allies and beneficiaries it can be distasteful to deal with companies that directly enable the DoD. My own politics aside, there's a pragmatic concern: the NSA is part of the DoD. If Google is fulfilling military contracts, then it's going to be hard to do that and to push back hard against NSA.
- ENGNR 13y agoUnless they're only doing it so as not to be sued for breach of contract. If they're not chasing future grants from DARPA then there's no incentive at all to play nice on other fronts.
- WalterSear 13y agoYes.