Friday, May 22, 2009

You can't try a machine for war crimes

I know, we don't try people for them either...well not Americans...

Smart missiles, rolling robots, and flying drones currently controlled by humans, are being used on the battlefield more every day. But what happens when humans are taken out of the loop, and robots are left to make decisions, like who to kill or what to bomb, on their own?

Cheney's wet dream?

robots be programmed to behave more ethically on the battlefield, they may actually be able to respond better than human soldiers...

The military mind can be very sick.

Read more here.

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