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I have been talking about this a lot with my friends. The question I raise is: when is the first private drone murder going to happen in the US and what will th

I have been talking about this a lot with my friends. The question I raise is: when is the first private drone murder going to happen in the US and what will the implications be? There was a great ted talk on this http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_suarez_the_kill_decision_shouldn_t_belong_to_a_robot?language=en http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_suarez_the_kill_decision_sho... It's really not even something that's technically difficult. I am just thankful the best minds in the US tend to have plenty of healthy outlets for creativity but the situation in developing nations is not so ideal.

jessaustin 12y ago
...when is the first private drone murder going to happen in the US... Can we really assume it hasn't happened already? Of course we can imagine some users of killerdeathdrones that would be proud of themselves and would want to make it clear that no person is truly safe. Other purposes would be predicated on secrecy and uncertainty. At least until they work most of the bugs out, the first drone murderers will probably stay quiet about it.
- newman8r 12y ago
  true, maybe it has already happened. I guess we probably wouldn't really know until one messed up.
dingaling 12y ago
> when is the first private drone murder going to happen in the US and what will the implications be? I'm fairly certain of the outcome; UAVs will be banned from private ownership. Only the military and approved commercial organisations will be permitted to own and operate them, much as with armed aircraft today e.g. http://tacticalairsupport.com/services/our-aircraft/ http://tacticalairsupport.com/services/our-aircraft/
shostack 12y ago
Haven't seen the talk, but having just finished his Influx novel I'll have to check it out. REALLY scary how...possible...his story seemed with regards to how powerless a well-equipped/funded government entity can make someone in this day and age if you happen to piss them off. Terrifying. That said, drone murder is an interesting concept. Given the size of drones and the many discrete ways of killing someone, you don't even need a gun at this point. Ram a small drone tipped with a poisoned needle into someone, land a drone on their roof and start a fire, etc. The reality is someone with the time and energy can get really creative and the technology is only improving. It will be fascinating and probably not fun to watch how our police forces and government evolve to combat this as soon as it becomes high-profile enough.

jessaustin 12y ago

...when is the first private drone murder going to happen in the US... Can we really assume it hasn't happened already? Of course we can imagine some users of killerdeathdrones that would be proud of themselves and would want to make it clear that no person is truly safe. Other purposes would be predicated on secrecy and uncertainty. At least until they work most of the bugs out, the first drone murderers will probably stay quiet about it.

newman8r 12y ago
true, maybe it has already happened. I guess we probably wouldn't really know until one messed up.

dingaling 12y ago

> when is the first private drone murder going to happen in the US and what will the implications be? I'm fairly certain of the outcome; UAVs will be banned from private ownership. Only the military and approved commercial organisations will be permitted to own and operate them, much as with armed aircraft today e.g. http://tacticalairsupport.com/services/our-aircraft/ http://tacticalairsupport.com/services/our-aircraft/

shostack 12y ago

Haven't seen the talk, but having just finished his Influx novel I'll have to check it out. REALLY scary how...possible...his story seemed with regards to how powerless a well-equipped/funded government entity can make someone in this day and age if you happen to piss them off. Terrifying. That said, drone murder is an interesting concept. Given the size of drones and the many discrete ways of killing someone, you don't even need a gun at this point. Ram a small drone tipped with a poisoned needle into someone, land a drone on their roof and start a fire, etc. The reality is someone with the time and energy can get really creative and the technology is only improving. It will be fascinating and probably not fun to watch how our police forces and government evolve to combat this as soon as it becomes high-profile enough.