Robot Redux
From the Korea Times, via KurzweilAI.net:
By the 2010s, Korea expects to see robots assisting police and the military, patrolling neighborhoods and going on recon missions on the battlefield.The outdoor security robots will be able to make their night watch rounds and even chase criminals, directed by a remote control system via an Internet connection or moving autonomously via their own artificial intelligence systems.
The government also seeks to build combat robots. They will take the shape of a dog or a horse, with six or eight legs or wheels.
Nope, this is not The Outer Limits, it's real robots.
With robotics technology advancing so fast, we have to ask, will robots one day rule the world?
See you soon,
Gort
Tags: nanotechnology nanotech nano science technology ethics weblog blog
What, I wonder, will be the penalty for hacking a robot? Life sentence? I think a lot of people would be concerned about the safety risks.
BTW, would an eightlegged horsebot lead to centaurs, someone whose legs have been replaced by four (or more) prostheses? Unethical, I know, but still...
Posted by: Rik | January 19, 2006 at 08:02 AM
Rik,
Why would "four (or more) prostheses" be unethical?
Posted by: JON | January 19, 2006 at 10:20 AM