Monday, December 21, 2015

United Nations Tries To Ban Autonomous 'Killer Robots'

The MAARS is one of three robotic, unmanned vehicles demonstrated to Soldiers from the 519th Military Police Battalion, 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Aug. 5, 2015. It is equipped with non-lethal and lethal armament. (US Army photo)

Military.com: United Nations Seeks to Head off Rise of Killer Robots

Pentagon plans envisioning smart, autonomous weapons able to instantly react and respond to combat situations may run up against a proposed United Nations ban on lethal autonomous weapons systems.

The UN is hoping to head off autonomous killing systems before countries begin making them part of their arsenals, though the US, Russia and others appear to be in no hurry to slow the advance of killer robots.

Just last week Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work told a national defense forum in Washington, D.C., that a strong deterrence strategy in the future will depend partly on having weapons systems that "learn" in real-time and operate autonomously.

WNU Editor: This Pandoras Box has been open .... China, Russia, the U.S. are not going to support this UN ban.

4 comments:

fazman said...

Plus the detroit police have already placed their order

Anonymous said...

"Plus the detroit police have already placed their order"
Of course! Detroit is the home of Robocop. :)

TWN said...

This is the direction of things to come.A nation that wants to play in the big show will disregard the League of Nations, oh I mean the UN.

fazman said...

Isnt funny anonymous how ED209 lo9ks more and more like going into production every year.