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| CBS's David Martin introduces story on automated warfare from Sunday's 60 Minutes. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-autonomous-drones-set-to-revolutionize-military-technology/ |
Really disappointed that David Martin made no mention of Isaac Asimov's Laws of Robotics. Of course this is typical of the one dimensional reporting found on television, after all you would never actually want to try and analyze or interpret the news. Once the AI genie (or is it Pandora's Box,) is unleashed on the battlefield, Asimov's laws won't mean squat.
For review, Asimov's laws:
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
And added later:
0. A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
(Reference - http://io9.gizmodo.com/why-asimovs-three-laws-of-robotics-cant-protect-us-1553665410)
