Killer Robots

According this post on Engadget, the US Air Force says robots that decide whether to kill people or not will be here by 2047. I guess I should start making a list of things to do before 2047…

Well folks, it’s official. We’re screwed. Ironically, they even called the thing the "EATR". Disturbing pictures and information on the EATR is available here.

According to Reuters columnist Bernd Debusmann, "military robots and their rapidly increasing numbers" and at a conference this Month, Brookings scholar Peter Singer said "Science fiction is moving to the battlefield. The future is upon us."

Sometimes I wonder if I’m the last sane person on Earth.

One way or another, the Terminators are coming. Check it out:

They have no fear, they never tire, they are not upset when the soldier next to them gets blown to pieces. Their morale doesn’t suffer by having to do, again and again, the jobs known in the military as the Three Ds – dull, dirty and dangerous.

From the article in Wired:

Stopping the pirates of Somalia hasn’t been easy. But when the navies of the world have repelled or killed the hijackers, it’s often involved three elements: helicopters, drones, and trained snipers. The U.S. Army is working on a weapon which combines all three.

This should go awesomely.

Just imagine being a tribal Afghan and seeing one of these things cresting a hill in front of you.
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!

CNET has an article detailing how "colonies of borg-like cyberrobots … will help government agencies detect and fend off attacks on the nation’s computer network infrastructure." So if I read this correctly, they’re trying to have robots defend the critical infrastructure of the country. Ahhhh, another nail in the coffin my friends.

From the article: "Are you ready for a vision of your inevitable end at the hands of a hovering murderbot? Feast your eyes, then, on this video of the Missile Defense Agency's MKV-L — or as we like to call it, the Multiple Kill Vehicle."

Scientists are working to create "Autonomous Battlefield Robots". Another way to say that is "killer robots that don't take orders from humans". Fabulous.

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This is straight out of RoboTech. Add some cool guns and armor and you'll get an idea of what our new robot overlords will look like. Note the remark at the end of the video about these things eventually being "autonomous". Great.