Now The Military Is Going To Build Robots That Have Morals - Defense One - Galt's Gulch

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Now The Military Is Going To Build Robots That Have Morals - Defense One

Posted by AJAshinoff 10 years ago to Technology

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Interesing and scary considering how subjective those morals will be and considering how immoral we have become as a nation.

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Posted by Robbie53024 10 years ago in reply to this comment.

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted by Maphesdus 10 years ago in reply to this comment.

Okay, that was pretty funny. XD

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Posted by AJAshinoff 10 years ago in reply to this comment.

Aren't there enough of those already?

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Posted by preimert1 10 years ago in reply to this comment.

I didn't do it, but I'm giving it back. +1

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Posted by preimert1 10 years ago in reply to this comment.

What about an Islamic robot programmed by a radical imam to follow sharia law?

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Posted by AJAshinoff 10 years ago in reply to this comment.

Not I. Apparently you piss a lot of people off. I gave you a tick up to compensate.

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Posted by Maphesdus 10 years ago in reply to this comment.

Alright, who voted this post down, and why?

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Posted by Maphesdus 10 years ago

Yeah, I'm gonna have to agree with that guy Noel Sharkey that was mentioned in the article. In order for a machine to make moral decisions, it would have to be capable of independent and conscious thought. Machines simply don't have that. Artificial intelligence is simply that: artificial. It's an imitation of intelligence, and nothing more. While a machine can certainly be programmed to follow a complex flowchart of questions and answers, its decision making ability will ultimately be limited to whatever the designers and programs who build it can come up with.

I'm all for technological advancement, but let's not give machines the authority to make life and death decisions autonomously, especially in combat.

I believe this was actually a major plot point for that movie "I, Robot" starring Will Smith that came out a few years ago.

Plus, who can forget that scene from the original "Robocop"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzlt7IbT...

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Posted by LetsShrug 10 years ago

Yeah....please define "morals". The names they slap on things to keep the sheep feeling warm and fuzzy is astounding.

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