Malinowski, Tom. "A Dangerous Future of Killer Robots." Washington Post 22 Nov. 2012. Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 17 Oct. 2013.
This article talks about robots being used in warfare. It discusses the impact of robots making decisions on their own as to whether or not they should open fire on a target. This obviously brings up heated debate and right now in the US there is a law stating that a human being must be the one to pull the trigger. But as technology grows in other countries, a robot arms race occurs creating the need for self-reliant robots in warfare.
This article talks on the danger side of the AI argument. Allowing for robots to be able to kill at their own will is a heated debate and could be potentially dangerous if something were to go wrong. The author definitely portrays this event in a negative way.
When thinking about intelligent AI, the first thing to come to mind wasn't killer robots. However, as with most forms of technology, it makes sense that the various militaries of the world would be highly interested in AI. Even if the first truly intelligent AI was created by scientists, independent of a government, one could reasonably expect the source code to be acquired or recreated by various governmental agencies. This is definitely an important idea to consider when discussing the creation of "real" AI.
ReplyDeleteAgain, I could not find much about Tom that would discern him as an expert other than that he writes for the Washington post and they just don't let any bozo write for them. I also was not able to find evidence that he is a crazy person either.
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