Friday, November 23, 2012
Licenced to kill: Flying 007
The US Navy's Northrop
Grumman X47B, a demonstration unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV), is
seen on display in July 2012 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River,
Maryland. Hollywood-style robots able to shoot people without permission
from their human handlers are a real possibility and must be banned
before governments start deploying them, Human Rights Watch warned
Monday.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-11-killer-robots-rights-group-urges.html#jCp
The report "Losing Humanity"—issued by Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School's International Human Rights Clinic—raised the alarm over the ethics of the looming technology.Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-11-killer-robots-rights-group-urges.html#jCp
The US Navy's Northrop
Grumman X47B, a demonstration unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV), is
seen on display in July 2012 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River,
Maryland. Hollywood-style robots able to shoot people without permission
from their human handlers are a real possibility and must be banned
before governments start deploying them, Human Rights Watch warned
Monday.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-11-killer-robots-rights-group-urges.html#jCp
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-11-killer-robots-rights-group-urges.html#jCp
The US Navy's Northrop Grumman X47B, a demonstration unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV), is seen on display in July 2012 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. Hollywood-style robots able to shoot people without permission from their human handlers are a real possibility and must be banned before governments start deploying them, Human Rights Watch warned Monday.
See below bigger Stealth X47C (4500kg payload) tested over the Area51 (UFO) base.
The report "Losing
Humanity"—issued by Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School's
International Human Rights Clinic—raised the alarm over the ethics of
the looming technology.
Calling them "killer robots," the report urged "an international treaty
that would absolutely prohibit the development, production, and use of
fully autonomous weapons."
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-11-killer-robots-rights-group-urges.html#jCp
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-11-killer-robots-rights-group-urges.html#jCp
The report "Losing
Humanity"—issued by Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School's
International Human Rights Clinic—raised the alarm over the ethics of
the looming technology.
Calling them "killer robots," the report urged "an international treaty
that would absolutely prohibit the development, production, and use of
fully autonomous weapons."
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-11-killer-robots-rights-group-urges.html#jCp
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-11-killer-robots-rights-group-urges.html#jCp
Fully autonomous robots
that decide for themselves when to fire could be developed within 20 to
30 years, or "even sooner," the 50-page report said, adding that weapon
systems that require little human intervention already exist.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-11-killer-robots-rights-group-urges.html#jCp
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-11-killer-robots-rights-group-urges.html#jCp
Fully autonomous robots
that decide for themselves when to fire could be developed within 20 to
30 years, or "even sooner," the 50-page report said, adding that weapon
systems that require little human intervention already exist.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-11-killer-robots-rights-group-urges.html#jCp
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-11-killer-robots-rights-group-urges.html#jCp
The US Navy's Northrop
Grumman X47B, a demonstration unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV), is
seen on display in July 2012 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River,
Maryland. Hollywood-style robots able to shoot people without permission
from their human handlers are a real possibility and must be banned
before governments start deploying them, Human Rights Watch warned
Monday.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-11-killer-robots-rights-group-urges.html#jCp
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Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-11-killer-robots-rights-group-urges.html#jCp
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