*[Enwl-eng] The Implications of Robot Dogs Were Already Eerie Enough. Now, They’re Being Equipped With Guns
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The Implications of Robot Dogs Were Already Eerie Enough. Now, They’re Being
Equipped With Guns
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The Association of the United States Army's annual conference this year
featured a new product that was straight out of a dystopian movie --
militarized quadrupedal robots with guns attached to them. As if our current
weapons of war aren't massively destructive enough, corporations are testing
out weaponizing their robotic dogs and discussing potential military
contracts for their use.
Sign now to demand Congress pass comprehensive legislation that makes it
illegal to arm robot dogs!
Machines do not see us as people, making arming them even more dangerous
than giving a gun to a human. We know that unchecked technological
development has the potential to replicate our worst human social trends,
with coders sounding the alarm on how facial recognition software is racist
and A.I. able to learn dangerous conspiracy theories. On top of that, war is
already a dehumanizing act – putting robots in charge without a human
conscience has the potential to make killing even easier.
Luckily, other well-known robotics corporations -- including Boston
Dynamics -- have strict policies against the weaponization of the machines
they produce. But we can't rely on the benevolence of massively profitable
companies, hoping that they will happen to do the right thing. The
government must act before this equipment is developed en masse.
We cannot allow this rapidly growing robotics industry to continue
production with so little regulation. Sign to tell Congress to act now and
pass comprehensive legislation to make arming robots with weapons illegal!
Image taken from a YouTube video from The Independent.
Sign Now:
https://www.thepetitionsite.com/586/485/531/?z00m=32988128&redirectID=3198135868
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