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March 08, 2008

RUSI lecture on military robots

Prof Sharkey gave what sounds like an interesting lecture at RUSI last month. In particular, I'd draw out Sharkey's emphasis on how 'terrorists' and others might be able to take advantage of this technology - especially as prices fall and it becomes more widely available.

While technology may offer considerable opportunities for the US military - as suggested by their substantial investment in robot technologies - we do not yet know what this technology can become. As the complexity of US military networks increases - incorporating, for example, more and more autonomous robots - the potential for the networked accident also grows.

See also: interesting Guardian article by Sharkey, on robot wars.

Posted by jon_mendel at March 8, 2008 10:34 PM

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