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Re:Leaked Emails Show Google Expected Military Drone AI Work... by spupy on Friday June 01, 2018 @06:23AM (#17204053)
> They aren't killing people autonomously. There is a human pilot behind every death.

Oh, so we don't need these weaponized AI developements then? But I suspect that with the AI you could more easily escape responsibility by blaming the software. Who faces the consequences when an autonomous drone bombs a school? "Oops, sorry, it was a bug."

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Re:Leaked Emails Show Google Expected Military Drone AI Work... by Marysville on Friday June 01, 2018 @07:43AM (#17204391)
More than the blame, it will dehumanise those deaths. Like a tree falling in a forest....
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