The danger of military robots is their incapacity to disobey
Evidence
But, contrary to what is suggested by science-fiction scenarios, the danger is not that robots begin to disobey. Quite the reverse: it is that they never disobey. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 690
Categorization
- XREF: Directly feeds the reader’s ethics-of-war concern: robotization suppresses the critical conscience that limits violence. — connects to: Robot soldiers would enable dictators to crush their own populations safely; Roboticist Ronald Arkin argues lethal robots could be more humane than human soldiers — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 654; Ethical rules for robots require human specifications of their key variables — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 676 (+2 more)
Related
- Robot soldiers would enable dictators to crush their own populations safely (similarity 0.90)
- Roboticist Ronald Arkin argues lethal robots could be more humane than human soldiers (similarity 0.84)
- Ethical rules for robots require human specifications of their key variables (similarity 0.80)
- Correct action requires coding rules, matching repertoires, and sufficient information. (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Autonomous systems become deferential whenever they remain uncertain about user wants
#complicates(0.60) — Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem, 1292 - Ethical rules for robots require human specifications of their key variables
#expands(0.50) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 676