Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Scientists oppose the use of artificial intelligence in the creation of military equipment – Pozitaym.ru

Scientists from around the world are sounding the alarm, they oppose the use of artificial intelligence to create new military equipment and weapons systems. As it became known, more than a thousand engineers and researchers put their names to an open letter about the world said the publication of the BBC Russian Service.

The document states that if a large military state will try to get ahead in the development of weapons of artificial intelligence, then there will come a global arms race. As a result, there will be automatic “Kalashnikov” of the future.

The authors, write a letter, call humanity refuse to use artificial intelligence to create military equipment. They say that the consequences of such a race will cause unpredictable consequences.

The question of the creation of fighting robots has been debated in the UN. Representatives of international organizations are considering a ban on the establishment of certain types of autonomous combat systems.

It should be noted that the open letter was signed by such famous people as the physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking, entrepreneur Elon Musk, as well as co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak. Letter going to transfer to representatives of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Buenos Aires. It is hoped that humanity ponder over the consequences of the use of artificial intelligence and its use in military equipment.


on materials: lenta.ru
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