Posted: Nov 03, 2017 12:57 am
while avoiding potential pitfalls.
all techonology has risk ....AI in particular as we cede control to intelligent machines able to make independent decisions.
Pitfalls such as ....
Industry Urges United Nations to Ban Lethal Autonomous Weapons in ...
https://spectrum.ieee.org/.../industry- ... mous-wea...
Aug 21, 2017 - Today (or, yesterday, but today Australia time, where it's probably already tomorrow), 116 founders of robotics and artificial intelligence companies from 26 countries released an open letter urging the United Nations to ban lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS).
edge ..meet wedge
Weapons systems that make their own decisions are a very different, and much broader, category. The line between weapons controlled by humans and those that fire autonomously is blurry, and many nations—including the US—have begun the process of crossing it. Moreover, technologies such as robotic aircraft and ground vehicles have proved so useful that armed forces may find giving them more independence—including to kill—irresistible.
https://www.wired.com/story/sorry-banni ... practical/
and more mundane but pervasive, autonomous vehicles. Get it right - it saves a lot lives....get it wrong ....chaos.