Wednesday 29 July 2009

Autonomous robot soliders!?

Now I know what your thinking, stupid decisions and the government don't go together. However, you'll never guess what scheme they have come up with now - Terminators! Well actually its better than that. The US and UK government want to create robots that can 'determine whether or not to unleash lethal weapons –without human intervention'(PcWorld.com). What could go wrong!?

http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/us-air-force-says-decision-making-attack-drones-will-be-here-by/

If your thinking that this is a little far fetched just look at the following links

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7419751.stm - Holy crap they called the damn thing 'Skynet'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MQ-9_Reaper