Congressional Panel: Please, Let Us Build Killer Robots
National Security Commission concluded that Congress should at least consider giving killer robots or artificial intelligence systems a chance.
By DAN ROBITZSKI for Futurism & The Byte Image: TriStar / via YouTube
Tasked with deciding whether the United States military should be able develop autonomous killer robots capable of using deadly force, a congressional advisory panel decided that the government should keep its options open.
Arguing that an effective AI might take actions that result in fewer casualties than human soldiers, committee vice chairman and former deputy secretary of defense Robert Work said that “it is a moral imperative to at least pursue this hypothesis,” according to Reuters.
