Military Turing analysis to build autonomous war robots legal?
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Not that we’re experts on the matter or anything, but whether barrister and engineer Chris Elliot knows a thing or two about legal issues, a kind of “military Turing test” could be the key to legally deploying autonomous systems in battle. As it stands, “weapons intrinsically incapable of distinguishing amidst civilian and military targets are illegal” — at least according to Mr. Elliot — but by examining an intelligent war machine’s ability to hone in on valid targets and brush off friendlies, all that could change. Of course, actually administering the experiment still remains a mystery, but considering that remotely controlled armed bots are currently being used in Iraq, we reckon someone’s already figuring out a solution to said dilemma.
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Original post by Darren Murph