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US War Robots Recalled from Iraq

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Ozymandias:
I don't know if this is actually a real article at a real website, but it's awesomely terrifying anyway.

RobbieOC:
I was hooked at "warbots" and "TALON SWORDS".

Here are the warbots in question, which kind of look like the robot from the new Pixar movie:

Johnny C:
Popular Science (via BotJunkie) has confirmed this:


--- Quote ---T]he Army’s Program Executive Officer for Ground Forces, Kevin Fahey, was asked what happened to SWORDS. After all, no specific reason for the 11th-hour withdrawal ever came from the military or its contractors at Foster-Miller. Fahey’s answer was vague, but he confirmed that the robots never opened fire when they weren’t supposed to. His understanding is that “the gun started moving when it was not intended to move.” In other words, the SWORDS swung around in the wrong direction, and the plug got pulled fast. No humans were hurt, but as Fahey pointed out, “once you’ve done something that’s really bad, it can take 10 or 20 years to try it again.”
--- End quote ---

The article also mentions that


--- Quote ---the machines had a tendency to spin out of control from time to time
--- End quote ---

This is maybe for the best.

BRING OUR BOTS HOME

öde:
I thought militaries weren't allowed to use unmanned killing machines?

Something Witty:
human controlled robots

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