http://www.economist.com/science/tq/...ory_id=9028041
Wow! It's been in the works for a while to replace a lot of our ground soldiers with robots... but looks like we're moving on to an all-important step. Giving robots the ability to make ethical decisions... to override their killing orders if things are not right.

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Does that mean that all of them have been trained by Edward Furlong to only shoot people in the knee caps?

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My computer crashes when I use iTunes, I don't think I want it making ethical decisions!

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No worries. The Governator knows how to deal with Skynet
http://www.politicalforum.com/viewto...ht=robosoldier

Asimov solved that problem years ago -- though it kinda makes the soldiering part difficult:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics

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Yeah, I hope they aren't contracting this job out to Microsoft. Yikes!

It mentions that in the article (I know, it's the Economist- it's boring [(*)(*)(*)(*) Brits!], I skimmed it myself). The commands will obviously be a bit different.

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Soon I shall send my (once the codes are hacked) robotic legions crushing....i mean..spreading..democracy...across the globe.

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Further evidence for all you liberals out there that the US does go to great lengths to avoid civilian casualties. This is a good example.

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I think that it would take a long time to make robots that are reliable enough to replace human soldiers. However, i think that it is a good thing because it will decrease the loss of life in battles.

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