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Professor Ronald Arkin is one of the world’s leading roboticists. In 2009, he published a book entitled “Governing Lethal Behaviour in Autonomous Robots” which (as one review quoted) is, “….the most serious…
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We therefore see the drone (robot) exhibiting (through software) signs of the moral-affective function of 'guilt' when engaging in each mission. The aim of such developments is to introduce a level of ethics into the battlefield which, as more drones and high power long range weapons are used, is becoming increasingly fraught with collateral damage.
— Ronald ArkinRoboticist & Pioneer of Ethical Autonomous Systems and Robot Ethics
If it did more damage than expected—for example, if a nearby cemetery or mosque was harmed by an attack on a suspected terrorist safe house—then it could use this information to restrict its choice of weapon in future engagements. It could also pass the information to other drones.
— Ronald ArkinRoboticist & Pioneer of Ethical Autonomous Systems and Robot Ethics
This timely book outlines and directly addresses the ethical dilemmas posed by the development of autonomous military robots, which will confront roboticists and military policy makers in the future. Arkin's thesis, that appropriately designed military robots will be better able to avoid civilian casualties than existing human war-fighters and might therefore make future wars more ethical, is likely to be the subject of intense debate and controversy for years to come.
— Ronald ArkinRoboticist & Pioneer of Ethical Autonomous Systems and Robot Ethics
After each strike the drone would be updated with information about the actual destruction caused. It would note any damage to nearby buildings and would subsequently receive information from other sources, such as soldiers in the area, fixed cameras on the ground and other aircraft. Using this information, it could compare the level of destruction it expected with what actually happened.
— Ronald ArkinRoboticist & Pioneer of Ethical Autonomous Systems and Robot Ethics
We therefore see the drone exhibiting through software signs of the moral-affective function of 'guilt' when engaging in each mission.
— Ronald ArkinRoboticist & Pioneer of Ethical Autonomous Systems and Robot Ethics
After each strike the drone would be updated with information about the actual destruction caused. If it did more damage than expected, then it could use this information to restrict its choice of weapon in future engagements.
— Ronald ArkinRoboticist & Pioneer of Ethical Autonomous Systems and Robot Ethics
My thesis is that appropriately designed military robots will be better able to avoid civilian casualties than existing human war-fighters and might therefore make future wars more ethical.
— Ronald ArkinRoboticist & Pioneer of Ethical Autonomous Systems and Robot Ethics
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