Scientists call for ban on lethal, autonomous robots

Re:Scientists call for ban on lethal, autonomous robots by adriveatrain on Friday February 15, 2019 @07:38AM (#19170364)

Why is "scientists" the name of the group?

That seems to be an appeal to authority. This group is making an ethical argument, not a scientific one.

Which probably why without “supervision or meaningful human control” is their criteria.

Is a security guard with 20 camera controlled turrets using facial recognition to choose targets "supervised" ?

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Re:Scientists call for ban on lethal, autonomous robots by dalbasal on Friday February 15, 2019 @10:28AM (#19171629)

Scientists, as a group, are a moral authority. They're not the only authority, but they represent a generally respected tribe of intellectuals.

The title doesn't say "science calls for."

I know I'm interested in hearing what a broad group of scientists think about non scientific questions.

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Re:Scientists call for ban on lethal, autonomous robots by huffmsa on Friday February 15, 2019 @07:46AM (#19170407)

Because the story would get zero consideration if it were "ethisists".

If the guard is necessary to pull the trigger, then it's supervised. If the ADS has a list of approved faces, or is told not to shoot people with an IR tag, then you get into a fun grey zone

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