Terminator Robot Threat

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Wars will be fought more often and civilians face extreme danger if the development of killer robots goes unchecked, a British expert has warned.

The progress of armed autonomous robots is worrying, the professor says

Professor Noel Sharkey said the technology to create Terminator-style machines already exists and international discussion about its military applications is desperately needed.
The University of Sheffield's professor of artificial intelligence and robotics said action must be taken to limit the development of robots that think for themselves.
"The nub of it is that robots do not have the necessary discriminatory ability. They can't distinguish between combatants and civilians," he said.
"People talk about programming the 'laws of war' into a computer to give robots a conscience, so that if the target is a civilian you don't shoot.
"But for a robot to recognise a civilian you need an exact specification, and one of the problems is there's no specific definition of a civilian.
"Soldiers have to rely on common sense."

The military have a strange view of artificial intelligence based on science fiction. The next thing that's coming, and this is what really scares me, are armed autonomous robots.

Robot weapons, such as the Predator and Reaper drones, have already been used in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The pilotless aircrafts armed with bombs and missiles are used against insurgents - but civilians are often also among those killed.
These machines are controlled by humans, but Prof Sharkey said the rapid progress of "autonomous" robots is concerning.
"The military have a strange view of artificial intelligence based on science fiction," he said.
"The next thing that's coming, and this is what really scares me, are armed autonomous robots. The robot will do the killing itself.
"This will make decision-making faster and allow one person to control many robots.
"A single soldier could initiate a large scale attack from the air and the ground."
While Prof Sharkey suggested that scenario was still a long way off, he said robot arms control was an important debate that needed attention.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-...2C_Says_Expert

You can understand the funny side but when you think of it seriously if its already in-use or near enough or development then if it gets into the wrong hands it can't be too good.

[-:Undertaker:-]

It wouldn't suprise me if the Chinese are working on a whole army of them underground right this minute and i'm serious.

[luce]

Like cybermen but without the human brain. I could see it happening but i think the Americans will do it aswell it will be like the race to perfect the nuc bomb all over again .

There is no doubt it will happen but i don't think it will get to the stage where it's like robot warfare, that's going a but too far.

[AlexOC]

Robots are coming along way, won't be long till we are ruled by them. Serious.

[efq]

Youtube robot running because they finally realized how to make it run.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv35ItWLBBk

[-:Undertaker:-]

Robots are coming along way, won't be long till we are ruled by them. Serious.

Robots can't think for themselves, while I do not think they will ever rule us they are a danger incase they malfunctioned and in any case, with nuclear weapons robots are useless when it comes to an ultimate showdown between two nations.

[efq]

No they can't think for themselves but obviously can be controlled, if you make a robot that is packed deadly with whatever ammo and send them in the thousands, bullets won't bring them down as easy as they do humans.

Drones already kill people and they are just controlled by Xbox controllers and terrorists sitting in a little hole.

[-:Undertaker:-]

They can be controlled, but what I mean is they could never take over the world as they cant think for themselves, they cant think "lets rebel and kill our masters and enemies".

[efq]

They can be controlled, but what I mean is they could never take over the world as they cant think for themselves, they cant think "lets rebel and kill our masters and enemies".

Oh yeah I understand and thank god for that too lol.

[Technologic]

It wouldn't suprise me if the Chinese are working on a whole army of them underground right this minute and i'm serious.

Loolllololololol.

Lololol.

Lol.

The most likely people to be doing this are the Americans