Attack Of The Killer Robots?

Sometimes I wonder how it would have been if I lived in a time where we couldn't even imagine things we take for granted now. How people might have laughed at the Wright brothers when their first attempts at human flight failed.

_{Experts have warned that "lethal autonomous" technology could be hacked
source: BBC}

I try to imagine that because I realize how unbelievably fast scientific and technological advancements progress in our time. My son will never have known a time without the internet, binge watching, cellphones or Facebook. Technology is great and can be used to do great things, but I increasingly feel like we're jumping in head first into new conveniences without really considering the possible negative consequences of our new play-things.

Have we, for instance, become impatient? Simple example: my mother used to love those first American soaps like Dallas, Dynasty, Falcon Crest and the likes. My son can't imagine what it's like to have to wait an entire week to see the next installment of a serial. We used to copy records on cassette tapes, TDK or Maxwell preferably because they had great clarity of sound. But to copy a record, you had to listen to the whole thing. There was no copy D:\MP3\ALBUMS\ *.mp3 E:\MP3\TEMP to quickly load some music on a usb stick. We had to wait. Be patient.

When we weren't at home, we were unreachable. We weren't constantly distracted from our immediate surroundings by a beeping and pinging mobile. Nowadays I see droves of people who aren't even aware of their surroundings... But these are small complaints really; human beings are the most flexible creatures on the planet and I hold on to the possibility that we can still adapt in a healthy manner.

But some things should worry us...

"Paul froze, and immobility saved his life.

From behind the headboard slipped a tiny hunter-seeker no more than five centimetres long. Paul recognised it at once – a common assassination weapon that every child of royal blood learned about at an early age. It was a ravening sliver of metal guided by some near-by hand and eye. It could burrow into moving flesh and chew its way up nerve channels to the nearest vital organ.

The seeker lifted, swung sideways across the room and back.

Through Paul’s mind flashed the related knowledge, the hunter-seeker’s limitations: Its compressed suspensor field distorted the vision of its transmitter eye. With nothing but the dim light of the room to reflect his target, the operator would be relying on motion – anything that moved."

If you didn't recognize that fragment of text, then shame on you ;-) There's two kinds of people in the world really: those that have read Frank Herbert's "Dune" saga, and those who have yet to do so ;-) The hunter seekers were the killer drones in that story, but unfortunately this is almost not science fiction anymore, but science fact.

We don't have to fear AI becoming smarter than us and dominating humanity just yet; that's still a while away. But assassin-drones don't have to be very smart, they just have to be precise, fast and agile, something we've already mastered. It's but a small step from self driving cars to autonomous flight:

_{Meet the dazzling flying machines of the future | Raffaello D'Andrea}

That was a video from 2016 that shows drones teaching themselves to perform complicated tasks and work together as a team. Now watch the video below please...

_{MICRO DRONES KILLER ARMS ROBOTS - AUTONOMOUS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - WARNING !!}

I hope that got you worried. Rest assured: this is not reality yet, but as you can see, all the technology needed to realize this nightmare future is already here. In a world as splintered as ours, the powers that be will certainly try to be the first to have this strategical advantage, so this will become a reality if we do nothing.

A killer robot is a fully autonomous weapon that can select and engage targets without human intervention. They do not currently exist but advances in technology are bringing them closer to reality.
_{source: BBC - 21 August 2017}

The video with the scaring realistic looking near future with autonomous killing-machines is part of a fake website of a fake company called StratoEnergetics. When you click the button to order your own army of killer drones, this text pops up:

You've been WARNED.

These weapons are tantamount to mass murder. They don't promote peace-keeping. They don't save lives. Governments can't control them. You might think you're tough because you own some, but that just makes you a target. And there is NO defense.

They are part of the movement BAN LETHAL AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS and I invite you to at least take a look there. Also, read and watch The Campaign To Ban Killer Robots Before They Become A Reality for a more detailed explanation of the current state of affairs...

I hope this has made you think about the implications these developments could have on our immediate future and certainly the future of our children. Thanks, as always, for visiting my blog, I really appreciate it! I'll be back here tomorrow and hope you will be here too. Until then, watch out for them killer drones and keep steeming!

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