06.19.185:00 am mind and machine
Terminators? Why the U.S. Marines have started shooting at robots
By Steven Melendez
In the dystopian future portrayed by The Terminator series, the robots are alive and shooting, nuking, and otherwise hunting down what’s left of the human race. It’s hard not to think of those iconic movie images of the red-eyed cyborgs with the news that the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has started to use autonomous robots for target practice.
It feeds the dire warnings from artificial intelligence pessimists that, one day, the robots will rise against us. But for now, at least, they’re the ones taking the bullets.
https://www.fastcompany.com/40581573/terminators-why-the-u-s-marines-have-started-shooting-at-robots
