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'Governor' Would Teach Military Robots the Rules of War
![[article image]](/system/assets/0000/0948/062209_Getty_Military_Robot.large.jpg?1245693587&1245693586 "robotic military aircraft")
Can military robots be programmed to act ethically?
Credit: Robert Nickelsberg / Getty
Georgia Institute of Technology robotics engineer Ron Arkin is researching how military robots could be programmed to act ethically and obey the rules of engagement and has developed an "ethical governor" intended to guarantee that robotic aircraft follow a set of ethical guidelines in combat. He is demonstrating the system in simulations based on recent campaigns by U.S. troops in the Middle East. The simulations show that the system is able to identify a group of enemy soldie...
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