hello and welcome,
to a contribution for the discussion to limit AI's and ban autonomous weapon systems.
see the new feature in science, on how to restrict robot ai's from harming humans.
over the last year we have heard voices concerning autonomous intelligent systems, so called artificial intelligences and robots to be banned, if weaponized. this claim comes from a fear mankind would experience a complete threat and immanent danger and the hope humanity could somehow regulate this. mankind, humanity, whatsoever, no united nations and no ICC will stop this, there is nothing to regulate or ban anymore.
hawking had this formulated a couple of years ago, regarding ais' in general, might be a threat to mankind, not only as weapon, but by taking over the way mankind manages itself. with this point past long ago, we see a board of directors, which actually employs an artificial intelligence as a full member of the board and city services getting more and more autonomous all over the world. what we see soon is the humanoid everywhere.
this demands a discussion about the ethics about a humanoid, more than the ethics of an intelligent weapon or project software. asimov has decades ago presented his robot laws, a milestone in structuralism and a milestone for robot ethics. but as it is evident that ethics and moral, as well as traditions, vary from here and there, the shift from an ethics based backwards on a set of principles, should focus in the future on the responsibility of an algorithm or the accountability of a robot. this quality has much more limitations and is a better tool to make ai's and robots obey and act.
well, as this point in time to establish such a system within our legal framework, is past as well and we will no longer be able to internationally establish robot laws in time, we should maybe focus on laws for manufacturers for humanoids, like to register them, to enable a remote control system for the police and medical services to either shut down or integrate the robots into the services.
it is too sad that we are too late to even bring this to life as we see more and more different manufacturers actually produce humanoids. with what we have, together with the knowledge of the services and what the military probably has, makes it reasonable to assume that humanoids are round the corner and in front of the door. and to make things more frightening, these machines can manufacture their kin and this is to be regulated. if still possible.
so we will see humanoids everywhere, we will see specialized humanoids and robots, like those dwarfs in bladerunner or little asimo, we will see all kinds of specialized humanoid robots for all kinds of services. and it starts all over with sex again, with the first sex robots with an ai. it will be no problem to manufacture them en masse. in the beginning there will be some high end robots even, lets say the porsches and ferraris, but basically it doesn't take a billion dollar company anymore to manufacture very complex robots. today a young engineer in china is able to manufacture a robodog and it will not take very long, then he will present his first spot clone.
then after a time and increasing industries for modular arms and legs or other bodyparts and energystorage, which are produced and outsourced for supply, people will start to 3D-print their robots, maybe as gardeners, maybe as carpenters, again en masse. and again there will be a huge black market for all kinds of equipment and this is the last chance to handle anything in the robots and ethics discussion. what may they do? what not?
will there not only be a law that robots, humanoid robots do have to be recognizable as such, but laws somewhat like the ten commandments of robot ethics?
will there be a law that restricts humanoids from carrying weapons or handling military grade weapon systems, up to fighters and submarines? will there be a law prohibiting that autonomous humanoid robots do prostitute themselves? or will there be one, which says they may not steal? there must be, needs to be in the end, because they are intelligent humanoids, not hominids. and will there be more laws, if we give them just animal rights?
will it just be that they may not connect to each other to exchange data without permission or to connect to the internet without control? and that they may not recharge themselves without permission? will a robot, who doesnt have these qualities and interfaces to monitor their qualities by authorities be regarded as criminal? like the manufacturer, who didnt provide for that?
again, it is too late, this and similar questions should have been answered by weizenbaum and his colleagues. what we can do instead of a silly discussion and a cry for a ban, is that we should set up rules and definitions, we should form a legal corpus and demand acceptance and punishment.
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