LordAF
07/29/15 8:33 pm
Only if they can be proven efficient. Furthermore, the party in possession/control of the system should be held responsible for any unnecessary damage caused by such systems.
(also, please no terminators ;) haha)
Zod Above Pugetropolis
07/27/15 10:04 pm
No, for the same reason autonomous cars shouldn't be banned, and autonomous aircraft have been getting us where we need to go for decades. Properly programmed and deployed, they would be more efficient and less likely to make "mistakes" than humans.
curly
07/27/15 9:26 pm
Not banned, but they should require human authorization before firing on targets. As in, they're in autonomous as far as locating a target, but ask permission from a human operator before engaging.
hbpole FoCo
07/27/15 8:57 pm
There is so much oversight on collateral damage involved in military strikes, it scares me to think what might happen if that is ever taken out of the picture (intentionally or otherwise)
tidford My little piece of heaven
07/27/15 7:45 pm
MAD worked because it was mutual.
Well intention folks can make all the noise they want about banning what is essentially a software update, but they can't keep bad folks from updating software when the advantage assures them of victory & your death
Gunfighter06 Iowa, since 1846
07/27/15 7:28 pm
If the weapon is offensive in nature and designed to be used on individual humans, then it should be illegal. However, autonomous defensive weapons that can only shoot down other weapons (like the US Navy's CIWS family) should remain legal.
612
07/27/15 7:20 pm
Uh, like, for your average-joe American citizen? Yeah I guess I think those should not be allowed.
JamesStL
07/27/15 7:08 pm
If people can hack a Jeep to randomly turn on accessories while driving down the road, I'd hate have the Terminator giving me the evil eye for no reason.
tkmurph
07/27/15 6:50 pm
Imagine the cyberterrorist threat that could emerge, takes one really skilled hacker group to take over our bots and use them against civilians. Let's wait until we can keep information safe before we use robots to fight for us.
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