Experts: “Racist” Killer Robots Could Conduct Ethnic Cleansing Campaigns
Scientists warn against starting military AI arms race
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
July 27, 2015
Thousands of experts, including Professor Steven Hawking, have signed a letter urging a ban on killer robots that could one day be used by dictators to carry out racist ethnic cleansing campaigns.
The scientists warned that the world is heading for a robot arms race where artificial killers will be so cheap to build that they will become the “Kalashnikovs of tomorrow,” with the technology being abused by terrorists and warlords to “perpetrate ethnic cleansing” by by carrying out tasks such as, “Assassinations, destabilizing nations, subduing populations and selectively killing a particular ethnic group.”
The development of killer robots will reduce the need for humans to physically go to war, but they will also serve to lower the threshold for war since troops won’t need to be put in harms way.
The scientists also warned that if the technology is abused, it will make public acceptance of the positive aspects of artificial intelligence more difficult.
“Just as most chemists and biologists have no interest in building chemical or biological weapons, most AI researchers have no interest in building AI weapons — and do not want others to tarnish their field by doing so, potentially creating a major public backlash against AI that curtails its future societal benefits,” states the letter.
The experts reiterated their call for a complete ban on killer robots, writing, “Starting a military AI arms race is a bad idea, and should be prevented by a ban on offensive autonomous weapons beyond meaningful human control.”
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