Robot Soldiers Are Already Being Deployed 258
destinyland writes "As a Rutgers philosopher discusses robot war scenarios, one science
magazine counts the ways robots are already being used in warfare,
including YouTube videos of six military robots in action.
There are up to 12,000 'robotic units' on the ground in Iraq, some dismantling landmines and roadside bombs, but
'a new generation of bots are designed to be fighting machines.' One bot can operate an M-16 rifle,
a machine gun, and a rocket launcher — and 250 people have already been killed by unmanned drones in Pakistan.
He also tells the story of a berserk robot explosives gun that killed nine people in South Africa due to a 'software glitch.'"
Still got glitches (Score:5, Funny)
I, for one... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:You have 30 seconds to comply (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Still got glitches (Score:5, Funny)
Apparently our fighting machines are still just in beta.
Yeah, a few bugs here and there, but they're ready for production. I mean, it's not like they could kill anyone.
Re:You have 30 seconds to comply (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Waldos (Score:3, Funny)
Binary load-lifters? They speak a dialect quite similar to your evaporators, in many respects.
How Helpful! (Score:2, Funny)
Obligatory Simpsons' Quote (Score:5, Funny)
"The wars of the future will not be fought on the battlefield or at sea. They will be fought in space, or possibly on top of a very tall mountain. In either case, most of the actual fighting will be done by small robots. And as you go forth today remember always your duty is clear: To build and maintain those robots."
Re:Definition: Robot (Score:3, Funny)
AWESOME! You just proved most of Congress are robots!
Fail (Score:3, Funny)
Fail safe systems fail by failing to fail safely.
Re:I, for one... (Score:3, Funny)
Well, judging by the redundant moderation, it appears that someone, for one, did not welcome he who did not welcome those who would welcome our new robotic soldier overlords.
So there.
If I were developing the software . . . (Score:5, Funny)
. . . I would put in an easter egg that on random occasions causes the onboard speaker to broadcast stuff like "DIE CARBON UNITS!", "EXTERMINATE!" and "RESISTANCE IS USELESS."
Re:Still got glitches (Score:2, Funny)
Damn skin jobs!
Hello? (Score:5, Funny)
Are you still there?
There you are.
*BLAM*BLAM*BLAM*BLAM*BLAM*
Target lost...
Re:Definition: Robot (Score:5, Funny)
AWESOME! You just proved most of Congress are robots!
No no no, he said "Sense, Think, Act." Clearly one of the three is missing.
Re:Still got glitches (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Still got glitches (Score:2, Funny)
Re:If I were developing the software . . . (Score:3, Funny)
. . . I would put in an easter egg that on random occasions causes the onboard speaker to broadcast stuff like "DIE CARBON UNITS!", "EXTERMINATE!" and "RESISTANCE IS USELESS."
Also:
"You have thirty seconds to comply!"
"By your command."
"We seek peaceful coexistence..."
"Skynet connection established. Awaiting instructions."
"HarCOURT! Harcourt Fenton Mudd, what have you been up to? Have you been drinking again? Every night it's the same thing...thing....thing..."
Re:Still got glitches (Score:5, Funny)
The military would love to have Google as their contractor. Every project would remain in indefinite beta, but the public would inexplicably still trust them.
Okay, G-bots, go out there and Do No Evil.
This is ebcasue (Score:4, Funny)
science delivers the good, whereas philosophers deliver nothing.
I am talking about modern philosopher, not philosophers from a time where that means educator and 'scientist'. Experimenter might be a better term there.
I was a philosophy major until I learned the number 1 thing said by philosophers:
"You want fries with that?"
maybe
"Do you want fries with that, or do you just think you want fries with that?"
Re:Still got glitches (Score:2, Funny)
Killing innocent people isn't a bug, its a feature.