Tag: lethal autonomous weapons

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podcast

Robert J. Marks
Date
January 9, 2020

Tagged
Autonomous weapons, drones, killer drones, lethal autonomous weapons, military technology, Robert J. Marks, The Case for Killer Robots}

Listen to Robert J. Marks’ New Book The Case for Killer Robots

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January 9, 2020

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Should the United States military pursue development of lethal autonomous artificial intelligence weapons? Robert J. Marks, Director of Discovery Institute’s Walter Bradley Center for Natural & Artificial Intelligence, says yes. He makes his case for lethal A.I. weapons in his book, The Case for Killer Robots: Why America’s Military Needs to Continue Development of Lethal A.I. To find out how Read More ›

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Robert J. Marks
Date
February 28, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Social Factors

Tagged
Featured, lethal autonomous weapons}

Autonomous AI in War: Trial by Ordeal

_{The more complicated a system becomes, the more difficult it is to analyze all of its actions.} _{Robert J. Marks
February 28, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Social Factors}

There are plenty of roads on which to test and tune the self-driving cars, but there are not a lot of wars available in which to test and tune autonomous AI weapons. If we seek military superiority to deter aggression, imaginative and creative minds are needed to assess all possibilities.

Will killer drones make killing easier?

_{That, says a bioethicist, depends on who the pilots are} _{Mind Matters
September 5, 2018

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Ethics, Natural Intelligence}

Heather Zeiger tells us that traditional aerial combat pilots tend to think the same way when piloting drones from an office but it may be a different story when cell phone addicts, who tend to lack empathy, are recruited. Read More ›

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Eric Holloway
Date
September 4, 2018

Categorized
Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors

Tagged
drones, lethal autonomous weapons, Mechanized Warfare}

Slaughterbots: How far is too far?

_{And how will we know if we have crossed a line?} _{Eric Holloway
September 4, 2018

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Ethics, Machine Learning, Social Factors}

A greater focus should be on restoring the foundations of our nation over building superweapons. And the key foundation is all human beings' right to life. Read More ›

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Robert J. Marks
Date
September 3, 2018

Categorized
Applied Intelligence, Social Factors

Tagged
drones, lethal autonomous weapons, nuclear weapons, Robots, Slaughterbots (film), warfare}

Slaughterbots

_{Is it ethical to develop a swarm of killer AI drones?} _{Robert J. Marks
September 3, 2018

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Applied Intelligence, Social Factors}

For threats like slaughterbots, the answer is the development of newer technology. Like it or not, history is replete with accounts of new military technology replacing old. Evil, seeking influence, demands a response, so the technology to provide one must be developed. Read More ›