Re:Deep learning pioneer Yoshua Bengio is worried about AI’s...
by nabla9 on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @07:35AM
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The difference between military and civilian decision making is this:
Civilians can be politically active, convince other and refuse to work, or quit on case by case basis without criminal penalties.
In military you can only refuse to follow obviously illegal orders and even then it's a huge personal risk. Refusing to follow morally wrong but technically legal orders will lead to criminal punishment.
For example. Targeting civilians is illegal. If every male above 16 years of age is considered combatant, then it's legal to kill unarmed children from the sky. Refusing on the principle will lead to military court. Military court is extremely unlikely to rule that refusing to follow orders was the right action.
Civilians can be politically active, convince other and refuse to work, or quit on case by case basis without criminal penalties.
In military you can only refuse to follow obviously illegal orders and even then it's a huge personal risk. Refusing to follow morally wrong but technically legal orders will lead to criminal punishment.
For example. Targeting civilians is illegal. If every male above 16 years of age is considered combatant, then it's legal to kill unarmed children from the sky. Refusing on the principle will lead to military court. Military court is extremely unlikely to rule that refusing to follow orders was the right action.