"Smart missiles, rolling robots, and flying drones currently controlled by humans, are being used on the battlefield more every day. But what happens when humans are taken out of the loop, and robots are left to make decisions, like who to kill or what to bomb, on their own?
Ronald Arkin, a professor of computer science at Georgia Tech, is in the first stages of developing an "ethical governor," a package of software and hardware that tells robots when and what to fire. His book on the subject, "Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots," comes out this month.
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Simple Questions (Score:1)
Somethings to consider prior to being implemented (without reading the several articles on the Georgia Tech page:
1. Will there be a "backdoor" that can be used without physically handling the robot, in case of "rampaging robot syndrome?" I am well aware that a carefully placed missile could render this moot, but in case there may be some value in understanding what went wrong....
2. The term "hacking into the enemy's robot" may take special meaning once this goes into production. What will be in place so tha