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“I know the Japanese have been attempting to develop robots to be as realistic as possible. However, I have seen research that shows that people sometimes find it difficult to interact with a robot that looks human-like because they find it uncomfortable or ‘creepy.’ Instead people would rather interact with a robot that looks like a robot — they find this more comforting for some reason.”
Troy Kelley, US Army Research Laboratory Human Research and Engineering Directorate
A low-tech Imperial probe droid.
Law and Ethics for Robot Soldiers
For your list of long reads: Kenneth Anderson and Matthew Waxman on how we might avoid Terminator-style Judgement Day.
Human Rights Watch is Apparently Terrified of Military Robots, But You Shouldn't Be
Wherein Evan Ackerman at IEEE Spectrum tries to talk me and other robophobics off the ledge.
Ban ‘Killer Robots’ Before It’s Too Late
“Losing Humanity” is the first major publication about fully autonomous weapons by a nongovernmental organization and is based on extensive research into the law, technology, and ethics of these proposed weapons. It is jointly published by Human Rights Watch and the Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic.
Human Rights Watch and the International Human Rights Clinic called for an international treaty that would absolutely prohibit the development, production, and use of fully autonomous weapons. They also called on individual nations to pass laws and adopt policies as important measures to prevent development, production, and use of such weapons at the domestic level.
Fully autonomous weapons do not yet exist, and major powers, including the United States, have not made a decision to deploy them. But high-tech militaries are developing or have already deployed precursors that illustrate the push toward greater autonomy for machines on the battlefield. The United States is a leader in this technological development. Several other countries – including China, Germany, Israel, South Korea, Russia, and the United Kingdom – have also been involved. Many experts predict that full autonomy for weapons could be achieved in 20 to 30 years, and some think even sooner.Read more after the jump.
So say we all.
“Given the repetitive motion required to send 30,000 emails, I’m a little worried that Gen. John Allen might be a robot.”
@creepybots
This Veterans Day, Beware the Dangers of Robot War
This Veterans Day, we need to turn away from the false promise of robot weaponry. For if we continue our infatuation with robotic spy and killing machines, we simply cannot with any degree of confidence predict a better and more peaceful future.
In the not too distance future, we may have to extend our Veterans Day tributes to include these mechanized warriors that are helping keep our meatbag soldiers safe from harm.
