autonomous drones?
09-20-2011, 08:58 AM
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autonomous drones?
“Authorizing a machine to make lethal combat decisions is contingent upon political and military leaders resolving legal and ethical questions,” according to an Air Force treatise called Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight Plan 2009-2047. “These include the appropriateness of machines having this ability, under what circumstances it should be employed, where responsibility for mistakes lies and what limitations should be placed upon the autonomy of such systems.”
Technology advances raise new ethical questions relating to warfare.
A future for drones: automated killing - The Washington Post
Technology advances raise new ethical questions relating to warfare.
A future for drones: automated killing - The Washington Post
09-20-2011, 01:37 PM
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"Authorizing a machine to make lethal combat decisions is contingent upon political and military leaders resolving legal and ethical questions,”
09-20-2011, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by tomgoodman
I wonder if such drones are legally and ethically different from mines.
But even if they only nail bad guys 100% of the time there is still an ethical dilemma in my mind about automated warfare.
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