We’ve recently heard way too many stories about the dangers of chimpanzees, but what about the dangers of future “life-forms”, like robots? Daily Tech points us to a recent US Navy funded report that presses the need for caution in designing any kind of robot designed for defense. Complex and semi-autonomous artificial intelligence powered robots could pose very real dangers if not designed carefully to differentiate between “good” and “bad” targets. The US Army encountered a harrowing situation earlier this year, when a software malfunction caused war robots to aim (but not fire) at friendly targets.
Daily Tech explains:
Robots gone rogue [...]
February 19, 2009
US Navy Stresses Need for Caution in Robot Design
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