Experts warn of "terminator-style" robot rebellion.

[Mike_D202]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,496309,00.html

Autonomous military robots that will fight future wars must be programmed to live by a strict warrior code, or the world risks untold atrocities at their steely hands.

The stark warning — which includes discussion of a "Terminator"-style scenario in which robots turn on their human masters — is part of a hefty report funded by and prepared for the U.S. Navy's high-tech and secretive Office of Naval Research.

The report, the first serious work of its kind on military robot ethics, envisages a fast-approaching era where robots are smart enough to make battlefield decisions that are at present the preserve of humans.

Eventually, it notes, robots could come to display significant cognitive advantages over Homo sapiens soldiers.

"There is a common misconception that robots will do only what we have programmed them to do," Patrick Lin, the chief compiler of the report, said. "Unfortunately, such a belief is sorely outdated, harking back to a time when programs could be written and understood by a single person."

The reality, Dr. Lin said, was that modern programs included millions of lines of code and were written by teams of programmers, none of whom knew the entire program.

Accordingly, no individual could accurately predict how the various portions of large programs would interact without extensive testing in the field — an option that may either be unavailable or deliberately sidestepped by the designers of fighting robots.

 

[MadVillainy]

shotgun on being the John Connor type person

 

[Kane52630]

^^ damn it!! lol

its funny that fox news is reporting it, well thats another thing they want to scare us about

 

[KevanG]

If it was anyone else I'd consider it as a possibility in the future but as it's fox news, well I think that the moron who had them report this watched the sarah conner chronicals and a terminator marathon

 

[BestGirl]

shotgun on being the John Connor type person

Better start training how to take down robot warriors now.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Oh, crap! I wanted to be the John Connor type person, lol.

 

[Ol'Canucklehead]

Dude I've been saying it for 10 damn years! Thats why I'm ready, trained, and prepared. Loaded on EMP's, and already feel totaly comfortable time traveling naked.

 

[KevanG]

But would anyone feel comfortable seeing you doing so?

 

[Crook]

If we're actually unfortunate enough to have this happen, well....I say we deserve it.

We've had what, a half-century's worth of stories warning us about technology and machine backlash? Terminator probably being at the forefront of such stories, which has become part of the public consciousness. If that isn't enough to prepare us, then our scientists are morons.

 

[GregComicFan]

Oh, crap! I wanted to be the John Connor type person, lol.

Some big bodybuilder guy just broke into my house and said "Come with me if you want to live"... says he's from the future... and I have to live for some reason...I guess I'll listen to him????? lol

t:

 

[Ol'Canucklehead]

Don't worry, he'll be back

 

[gap5ewl]

If we're actually unfortunate enough to have this happen, well....I say we deserve it.

We've had what, a half-century's worth of stories warning us about technology and machine backlash? Terminator probably being at the forefront of such stories, which has become part of the public consciousness. If that isn't enough to prepare us, then our scientists are morons.

Exactly!
Robots have been in the public mindset for over 100 years and there has been talk (movies, books, tv) of robots turning on humans and perhaps taking over the world. Yet it looks like we will still go forward with making these kinds of robots and they probably will end up taking over the human race. So we've known for a long time that robots will end up doing harm to humans yet we're still going to go ahead and make them. So in the future, when the remaining humans discover the Terminator and the Matrix movies, they'll probably look at each other and go "hmm..so we basically predicted this will happen yet still did nothing to prevent it..humans are really stupid". How freaking dumb are we?

 

[SWAT]

Humanity is screwed. But, I'm hoping for zombies...

 

[bullets]

Who cares if they destroy us, Terminators are cool. Aside from that we've been subconsciously prophesizing our demise at the hands of computer technology since it's creation.

 

[bullets]

Humanity is screwed. But, I'm hoping for zombies...

Terminators vs Zombies

 

[Shemtov]

Not surprising, since Cyberdyne is real:
http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=322632

 

[terry78]

I'm more worried about one of Orwell's books coming to pass. Especially Animal Farm....you ever walk past an animal and they seem to have shifty eyes?

 

[The Guard]

We've had what, a half-century's worth of stories warning us about technology and machine backlash? Terminator probably being at the forefront of such stories, which has become part of the public consciousness. If that isn't enough to prepare us, then our scientists are morons.

Robots have been in the public mindset for over 100 years and there has been talk (movies, books, tv) of robots turning on humans and perhaps taking over the world. Yet it looks like we will still go forward with making these kinds of robots and they probably will end up taking over the human race. So we've known for a long time that robots will end up doing harm to humans yet we're still going to go ahead and make them. So in the future, when the remaining humans discover the Terminator and the Matrix movies, they'll probably look at each other and go "hmm..so we basically predicted this will happen yet still did nothing to prevent it..humans are really stupid". How freaking dumb are we?

This.

It amuses me that it requires "experts" to research and make obvious what everyone already knows.

 

[Mdizzle]

I'm more worried about one of Orwell's books coming to pass. Especially Animal Farm....you ever walk past an animal and they seem to have shifty eyes?

Try 1984...I'm pretty sure Big Brother has had his eye on you for awhile.

 

[Mike_D202]

They need to get CERN back on track so we can get the time travel problem fixed

 

[Arc-Light]

Humanity is screwed. But, I'm hoping for zombies...

Crap so was i. i have been training for the zombie Apocalypse all this time.....i wont have time for robots..........double crap.

 

[The Squirrel]

Couldn't we just use giant magnets to fight them?

 

[Hobgoblin]

Awesome!

We're screwed.

Terminators vs Zombies

What happens if a Terminator gets bitten by a zombie?

 

[DOG LIPS]

Couldn't we just use giant magnets to fight them?

Yes! We'll put them on their monitors. Let's see them be all evil and murderous with rainbow pretty colors!

 

[Trainwreck2100]

Terminators vs Zombies

vs. Dino Clones

Nobody loves dino clones anymore