The automation, robotics and A.I. are the hot topics and the buzz words over
the last few years. Technology in those fields is advancing like never and this
brings us closer to transforming our lives into a living paradise. Thanks to
much advanced technology we could live to see a world from a sci-fi movie with
a strong society living in harmony using the knowledge to do good. Or a
dystopian one…
Most brightest minds of our time like Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking are
warning us about killer robots. What is a killer robot? An autonomous weapon
which can target and engage without human intervention. Let’s take a peek:
- Have you heard about the warning and protests to ban autonomous “kill functions” in robotics and advanced A.I.?
- What is your opinion on swapping human soldiers with killer robots?
- As a programmer with a very fine paying job, would you write a software for a killer robot or rather resign from the job?
Comments
I think it would be a revolutionary event and, moreover, I am inclined to believe that such smart weapon has already been implemented by some governments in secret. Let's just think about UAVs or drones. It has been widely used by American intelligence agency for a couple of years and these drones have killed many Talibs in Afghanistan.
Frankly speaking, I would deny doing such work, because I am afraid of the fact this smart weapon would escape from human's control and scenario of uprising of robots seems to be not fantastic
Robots should not decide who to kill, but robots controlled by a person could. There should be no wars, but robotic war would be less brutal than right now...
It will be a disaster,come on! I'm against swapping human soldiers with killer robots,it is not a game, it is a real life. There are a huge amount of examples, how robots do not listen to their owners and destroy everything.
Definitely,i would better resign from this job,as i said, it's not a game and all the kills will be on your conscience.
I would resign. Or I would accept the offer and then create a hidden function that would destroy all the death machines. I like to fantasise ;)
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As for software, on example soft created by NSA to hack and spy on people leaked and now everyone has access to it.
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Robotic war would be more of a which technology is more advanced and who has greater economic advantage to produce it. But consider less developed country without killer robots and a country having it. A massacare, robots don't stutter or hesitate...
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"Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace."
- Bill Hicks
Sounds too idealistic but also true and doable nowadays.
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Unfortunately there are already drones flying and killing people being controlled by a human operator.
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Should we swap soldiers with killer robots? On one hand, that would cause less people to die during conflicts. On the other hand, I don't feel very well knowing, that a robot could kill me. That's why, as a developer, I would refuse to write a code for such robot.
I don't think that the video, you've attached is about real events. It looks like the episode from "Black Mirror" (by the way, in season 4 there was episode about robots killing humans), and it just give me the creeps. If we start developping such things, this will be the start of our end.
Ad. 2. I am definitely against the war as an idea of solving the problems, so I am also against such swapping the human soldiers with “killer robots”. What’s more, alive people have worse chances to win and survive, if they are fighting with robots. Robots can be produced without limits, that’s the main advantage of such “swapping”.
Ad. 3. If I had such task, I guess I’d rather resign a job. Having well-payed programming skills, you can always find a job, where nobody can make you do the things you don’t want to do. And I think it can be observed in the moment you start your work – I mean you should know, what your company is able to require from you, you shouldn’t be surprised further, it is always coherent with the philosophy of organization and its authorities.
Killer robots, killer robots that term is wrong on so many levels - next u will have to write about killer guns... Worst about it is that while u all docus on killer robots actual killing capable robot mighbt be size of a toaster, look like toaster, have functions of a toaster and being able to poison you on demand.
Dont see a problem with writting software for machinery capable of killing a pearson on demand.
Yup, they were right behind the guys with tinfoil hats on their heads, and the ones protesting against illuminati and lizard-people.
>What is your opinion on swapping human soldiers with killer robots?
It's a good way to go for modern warfare - a 100% obedient and versatile robot, without any feelings, "made to get the job done". I know it may sound ruthless, but in the end it boils down to "who will be put in a coffin- a soldier coming from a mission, who was trained, equipped with state of the art tech and who had a family he fought to protect, or some random bad-guy"
>As a programmer with a very fine paying job, would you write a software for a killer robot or rather resign from the job?
Why not? If it would be my job then why wouldn't I? Its the "I won't sell you contraception pills BECAUSE ITS BAD"-theme v2.0...
It doesn't matter at all what people say in this matter. People NEVER had any say in any kind of war rules, because war is much higher above all of them. If such robot army is deemed as needed to ensure safety of the nation, then it will be done regardless of how much people are afraid of it, and then potentially used also aggressively. This is the same thing as police and the army - everybody believes they're here for safety, but if need arises they can quickly switch the mode to aggression as well.
In any case, nothing of this matters. I believe those people should do something else rather than protesting against killer robots. Or... go protest, and wait for China or other North Korea to develop such robots first, then you'll protest when government forces you to learn new language in next 5 years :).
2)Terminator scenario here we go? But seriously it might not change a thing.
3) Hell yea i would. I'd give it a security hole so that i could controll it or that it would never attack me.
I think that we shouldn't have human soldiers because it's only robot. We can't trust them in 100% . Additionally, In my opinion it is unreal at least in my life :P
About last question? I think that I would resign my job. I don't want to take a part in anything which has something in common with death/