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eppur_se_muova

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5. Ugh. Will they override orders ? Bolt for freedom ? Attack their senders ? Help their targets ?

Reply to C0RI0LANUS (Reply #4)

Sat Jan 4, 2025, 07:18 AM

Jan 4

Needless to say, SF authors have already written some scary stories about such possibilities. A real shame the people who work on these IRL have enough imagination to create them, not enough to see the inevitable, unintended consequences of doing so.

"What could possibly go wrong ?" is a question which seems to be asked only ironically.

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Filipino Fishermen Capture Suspected Chinese Underwater Spy Drone [View all] C0RI0LANUS Jan 4 OP

The other drones NJCher Jan 4 #1

Interesting the attacker would know that. Well, as Columbo would say, "the FBI boys'll be looking into that." C0RI0LANUS Jan 4 #2

Bird drones -- surprised it took so long. eppur_se_muova Jan 4 #3

Hi eppur se muova: The world gets scarier and scarier by the day. Do we have AI drones yet? C0RI0LANUS Jan 4 #4

Ugh. Will they override orders ? Bolt for freedom ? Attack their senders ? Help their targets ? eppur_se_muova Jan 4 #5

Technology is outpacing our ethical underpinnings. Assault weapons to A-Bombs to AI robots. C0RI0LANUS Jan 4 #6

We have been warned. eppur_se_muova Jan 4 #7

Indeed we can add some technologies to Einstein's prescient warning. C0RI0LANUS Jan 4 #8