Friday, May 22, 2009

Robotics Update

An "ethical governor" is being developed to tell military robots how to react in a combat situation:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30810070/

"Fear might influence human decision-making, but math rules for robots. Simplified, various actions can be classified as ethical or unethical, and assigned a certain value. Starting with a lethal action and subtracting the various ethical responses to the situation equals an unethical response. Other similar equations govern the various possible actions."

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