Re:Israel's autonomous 'robo-snipers' and suicide drones rai...
by penetraitor69 on Sunday March 14, 2021 @04:57PM
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Exactly. If your fire-control system is trained on a dataset that (through carelessness or malice) has some bias, you could end up with a racist machine gun turret.
Re:Israel's autonomous 'robo-snipers' and suicide drones rai...
by marshmallow_12 on Sunday March 14, 2021 @07:58PM
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the problem with this is, our prejudices can change, sometimes very quickly. A person who loves dogs, for example, might hate them after being mauled by one. Simply put, i don't think we can simply write down our emotional processes easily enough to make advanced ai relevant.
We program our robots with our prejudices[1]. If you don't control the machines, you can't change their programming. It's entirely possible that such prejudices are cemented through machines that cannot be influenced or changed except through actions of their owners.
What happens when the owners of these machines are indifferent towards, or outright supportive of, prejudice? History is rife with owners of companies, industries and governments exploiting and furthering prejudice for their own benefit.
[1] https://www.americanbar.org/groups/judicial/publications/jud...