[LINK] Killer robots and military ethics

[Roger Clarke]

It'll be interesting to see whether things have moved on during the 
last 20 years.  I fear not.  See: 
http://www.rogerclarke.com/SOS/Asimov.html

I pondered ethical aspects of the use of drones *by the media* before 
the Press Council recently: 
http://www.rogerclarke.com/II/APC-130225.html
But the surveillance threat pales a bit in comparison with 
remote-controlled and even semi-autonomous death-dealing drones.

I'm a bit worried about the venue though, which appears to be in Gunnedah.


At 8:50 +1000 18/7/13, Tom Worthington wrote:
>Professor Christian Enemark will speak on "Killer robots: military
>ethics and post-human war" at the Australian National University in
>Canberra, 5:30pm 8 August 2013:
>
>"In April this year the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary
>or Arbitrary Executions recommended a moratorium on the development of
>lethal autonomous weapon systems (so-called 'killer robots'). In some
>countries there is strong technological and military momentum towards
>the use of such systems, partly because the physical and mental
>frailties of human users of force are increasingly seen as posing
>operational risks and impediments.  ... Christian Enemark addresses the
>critical issue of whether robotics technology can overcome ethical
>shortcomings in the use of force while preserving the moral influence of
>human responsibility."
>
>RSVP:
>http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/cap-events/2013-08-08/killer-robots-military-ethics-and-post-human-war
>
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