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Johnstech

July 1, 2009

Should battle robots be programmed to make decisions based on a code of ethics?

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Unmanned aerial vehicles and other robots are taking on an ever-larger role in how the U.S. wages war. Fully autonomous battle robots seem inevitable. One researcher is committed to the notion that battle robots should be imbued with ethical decision-making technology.

Guest: Ronald Arkin, author of Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots

Filed under: Military Podcasts Robots Tech & society

Comments (1)


I usually love your podcasts a lot, but this and the following episode on robots and ethics... well let's just say that it was a great opportunity to get some of my other podcasts moved up the line for a change.
I cannot identify even a small bit of scientific content on these two episodes.

Posted by Reuben Sivan | July 7, 2009 11:08 AM

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