[Ogre] Send a letter of protest to the IRobot comany.

Henry J. Cobb hcobb at io.com
Wed Dec 1 16:20:03 CST 2004


http://news.com.com/Army+to+deploy+robots+that+shoot/2100-7348_3-5473191.html?tag=st_lh
> Unlike most robots, the machine gun-mounted Talon won't be autonomous.
> People will guide it via radio commands or fiber networks and then have
full
> control over the gun.

We've all seen the tapes at how poor human judgement is about matters of
life and death ("He's faking!") so why not trust robots to know when to
shoot?

It's simple anti-robot prejudice.

-- 
Henry J. Cobb
http://www.io.com/~hcobb/


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