Friday, July 21, 2017

Top U.S. General Voices His Fears On The Rise Of 'Killer Robots'



The Hill: Top US general warns against rogue killer robots

The second-highest-ranking general in the U.S. military on Tuesday warned lawmakers against equipping the armed forces with autonomous weapons systems that humans could lose control of and advocated for keeping the "ethical rules of war" in place.

In a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday, Gen. Paul Selva responded to a question from Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) about a Defense Department directive that requires a human operator to be involved in the decision-making process when it comes to taking lives with autonomous weapons systems.

Selva warned lawmakers that the military should keep "the ethical rules of war in place lest we unleash on humanity a set of robots that we don't know how to control."

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Update #1: Sentient killer robots could go rogue, warns top US general (International Business Times)
Update #2: Sentient killer war robots could turn on humans and must NOT be 'unleashed' on the battlefield, warns top US general (Daily Mail)

WNU Editor: General Paul Selva's testimony begins at the 35 minute mark in the above video.

1 comment:

D.Plowman said...

'Sentient' robots. Right.

This general knows nothing about the current state and near-future state of AI development.