AI Experts Say Weaponized Robots Can Manage Themselves

AI Experts Say Weaponized Robots Can Manage Themselves

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A government expert panel recommended against banning AI-guided weapons and the United States suggested a code of conduct to the United Nations.

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AI Experts Say Weaponized Robots Can Manage Themselves

At a United Nations meeting, the United States argued against banning weaponized robots, suggesting that they can manage themselves by following a code of conduct. When these discussions began several years ago, the public might not have been very familiar with artificial intelligence. In 2021, however, the technology has become pervasive with every smartphone and each smart speaker attempting with limited success to understand what the human wants.

The discussion of weaponized robots began at the UN as early as 2014 but the subject has a very long history. Isaac Asimov’s short story Runaround detailed the ‘Three Laws of Robotics’ and the date of their creation in the science fiction story was 2058 A.D. That is eerily close to the present time considering the story was written nearly eighty years ago. The first is “A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.” The ‘Three Laws’ are widely regarded as an excellent start to advanced robotic development powered by AI.

At a recent UN meeting in Geneva, the Guardian reports, after calls for a ban on lethal autonomous weapons, the United States suggested a non-binding code of conduct as the best way to make progress, perhaps acknowledging that a consensus on the matter was unlikely. According to Reuters, Congress consulted a government-appointed panel of AI experts led by Eric Schmidt, formerly Google’s Chief Executive Officer, about the use of AI in national security. The panel recommended anti-proliferation but not a ban on the use of AI in weapons research and technology. Washington D.C. think tank Information Technology & Innovation Foundation hosted a podcast in which defense experts warned of the danger of sitting out while other countries develop these technologies.

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Are Killer Robots A Real Threat?

While the lack of agreement about research and usage of artificial intelligence to automate weaponized robots is disturbing, the threat of fully autonomous weapons is still somewhat distant. At present, human authorization is still required to launch attacks, however, it is never too early to consider the possibility and try to reach some accord as demonstrated by the many years this topic has come up at UN meetings without a resolution.

The argument for weaponized robots is that they will save the lives of soldiers and might even be used as deterrents for peacekeeping missions. The opposite extreme suggests that ‘killer robots’ will run wild and destroy all humans. The truth lies somewhere in between. There is certainly cause for concern. Loss of life is a disincentive to waging war, however, if that risk was removed for one side, it could become too easy to engage in aggressive behavior. While some AI experts might have confidence in the reliability and predictability of future autonomous weapons, a “non-binding code of conduct” for robots seems like much too weak of a plan for such a deadly technology.

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