Officer, Arrest That Machine!

[Strong]

The Rise of The Machines is on its way. In a decade or so, you might be driven around in an autonomous car, be operated on by robots, we already have trains that drive themselves. But what happens if something goes wrong? What if that car were to run someone over, that robot surgeon cuts through an artery?

Who would be to blame? The designer/manufacturer/retailer? Some of these machines are programmed in such a way that they learn for themselves. The end product may not be the same as what came out of the factory. Can anyone be blamed?

I seem to have many questions but no answers. How about you?

Article: Guardian - If an autonomous machine kills ... (http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2009/aug/19/autonomous-machines-systems-report)

[krisma5]

It's definitely something to think about! I have always wondered about this subject since Terminator came out.

[krisma5]

And now even more since the movie "i, Robot" came out and all that stuff is in there....

[krisma5]

Don't get me wrong, I like the movies alot, but I don't know if I like the idea that it will soon be REAL!

[Strong]

And now even more since the movie "i, Robot" came out and all that stuff is in there....

This film always annoys me. They took an Isaak Azimov book and through out the plot, literally kept just the title and the idea that robots exist and made a movie out of it.

[ewomack]

There was a recent movie based on "I, Robot?" Oooh... I really want to miss that... I do not want to see what Hollywood has done with it...

[Strong]

If I had the courage to scrub the memory out of my head with a wire brush I would!

[ewomack]

There's your million pound idea! Get that idea into an R&D lab!!!!