Re: [GZG] [OFFICIAL] Question: was Re: [SG3]: What if?

["Binhan Lin" <binhan.lin@xxxxxxxxx>]

John,

I think your arguments basically boil down to experience.

 

Is this scenario is any different than a nervous MP or National Guard guy being placed in a bad situation at a bad time - there are many instances of improperly trained or equipped troops facing a large mob and then firing live rounds after being sparked by a bottle or stone, simply because the troops "felt" they were in danger.  Is a soldier's intuition of danger any different than a computer's analytical determination of the situation?  In both cases, it depends on the "training" or "programming" to make the correct decision.  Part of mob psychology is shaped by what the police forces do - if the mob sense fear, it may embolden some to attack.  Throwing a rock and hitting a person is more morally stimulating than throwing a rock and hitting a slab of armored plate. (i.e. this is why armored cars are so imposing in riot situations- people know that a rock isn't going to do squat.)

 

--Binhan

 

On 2/9/08, John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Feb 9, 2008 12:06 AM, john tailby <John_Tailby@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I could imagine the military backlash against autonomous weapons the first
> time there is a blue on blue incident or the automated weapons get hacked or
> electronically subverted in some way.

Or the first time some kid throwing rocks triggers the codes to
unleash automatic weaponry on a crowd of feisty civilians who aren't
actually hostile.


John
--
"Thousands of Sarmatians, Thousands of Franks, we've slain them again
and again.  We're looking for thousands of Persians."
--Vita Aureliani

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