Pentagon: A Human Will Always Decide When a #Robot Kills You | Danger Room | http://t.co/a35QJ1un http://t.co/Rbt0XhZo
December 01, 2012
Pentagon: A Human Will Always Decide When a Robot Kills You | Danger Room | Wired.com
The Pentagon wants to make perfectly clear that every time one of its flying robots releases its lethal payload, it's the result of a decision made by an accountable human being in a lawful chain of command. Human rights groups and nervous citizens fear that technological advances in autonomy will slowly lead to the day when robots make that critical decision for themselves.