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The Economist on the ethical case for using robots urging us to develop ways to deal with the dilemmas associated with robotics, “As they become smarter and more widespread, autonomous machines are bound to end up making life-or-death decisions in unpredictable situations, thus assuming—or at least appearing to assume—moral agency. ” This is especially relevant in military use. Campaign groups such as the International Committee for Robot Arms Control have been formed in opposition to the growing use of drones. But autonomous robots could do much more good than harm. Robot soldiers would not commit rape, burn down a village in anger or become erratic decision-makers amid the stress of combat. [via] [img] H/T themoralperspective

The Economist on the ethical case for using robots urging us to develop ways to deal with the dilemmas associated with robotics, “As they become smarter and more widespread, autonomous machines are bound to end up making life-or-death decisions in unpredictable situations, thus assuming—or at least appearing to assume—moral agency. ”

This is especially relevant in military use.

Campaign groups such as the International Committee for Robot Arms Control have been formed in opposition to the growing use of drones. But autonomous robots could do much more good than harm. Robot soldiers would not commit rape, burn down a village in anger or become erratic decision-makers amid the stress of combat. [via] [img]

H/T themoralperspective