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U.N. Starts Discussion on Lethal Autonomous Robots

posted by n1 on Thursday May 15 2014, @04:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the t800-confirmed-to-be-attending dept.

SuperCharlie writes:

The U.N. has begun discussion on "lethal autonomous robots," killing machines which take the next step from our current drones which are operator controlled, to completely autonomous killing machines.

"Killer robots would threaten the most fundamental of rights and principles in international law," warned Steve Goose, arms division director at Human Rights Watch.

Are we too far down the rabbit hole, or can we come to reasonable and humane limits on this new world of death-by-algorithm?

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 15 2014, @08:22AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 15 2014, @08:22AM (#43648)

    killing machines which take the next step from our current drones which are operator controlled, to completely autonomous killing machines.

    That's the pro-war way to look at it. Lets turn it around to:

    "Killing machines which take the next step from our current land mines, which stay where they are, to killing machines moving around on their own".

    We banned land mines that stay where they are. Now, what do we do with these unpredictable land mines?