Robotics Update

Giving war robots a conscience and a sense of guilt to help them make ethical decisions on the battlefield:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17332-plan-to-teach-military-robots-the-rules-of-war.html

Robotics Update

Ethics report on autonomous military robots released:

http://ethics.calpoly.edu/pr_020209.html

"The public is generally surprised when they hear how great a role robots are playing in the military," explained Dr. Patrick Lin, director of the research group and co-author of the report. "But there hasn’t been much dialogue about the risks posed by these machines, especially as they are expected to be given more autonomy or a greater ability to make choices on their own, such as attack decisions."

Artificial Intelligence Update

Combat robots may be built with AI able to behave more ethically than human beings:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/science/25robots.html?_r=1