DARPA’s Future Killer Robots Can “Construct Themselves”
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…DARPA have now expanded somewhat on their intention to initiate a programme called Self-Explanation Learning Framework (SELF), which they explain thus:
DARPA seeks to construct systems that can participate in their own construction… The system might know the requirements for various tasks in its repertoire, and it may try to perform those tasks to verify functionality.
We particularly liked that last bit. One should bear in mind that Dr Mike Cox of DARPA has already said that SELF could be placed in charge “in the near term” of heavily armoured, hideously beweaponed main battle tanks or strike planes laden with blockbuster bombs.
“Tasks in its repertoire”, then, might include “destroy all moving objects within 100 miles not designated as ‘friendly’” or “mount an immediate armoured assault on Beijing, regardless of nuclear response”.
Goddamit. Robots that can participate in its own construction. Sounds fun!
But for more humanity-is-fucking-itself goodness, check out SELF’s details (PDF).
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June 18th, 2009 at 8:10 am
Hey! I’ve done work for DARPA over the years and they pay well, even if they are a bunch of evil douchebags who would kill me if they really knew what I do with all the money they pay me.
BTW, you need to update the link to my site. Today.com cut me off a couple of weeks ago, a kind of virtual circumcision to whack my peepee for talking about insignificant penises and how the rule the world.
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