1.24.2007

YOU BETTER HAVE AN EXTREMELY LOGICAL REASON WHY THEY SHOULDN’T KILL YOU

When you’re old and grey and telling your grandchildren stories about how the robot overlords made us their slaves don’t forget to brag about how you were alive when the first killer robots were manufactured. A variety of news outlets have reported that Samsung is working with the South Korean government in order to build robotic guards for the Demilitarized Zone along their border with North Korea. Samsung’s website states that their “Intelligent Surveillance & Security Guard Robot” is armed with surveillance, tracking, firing and voice recognition capabilities and could be armed with lethal weapons which could fire autonomously on human targets. They also promise that the robots and will never get fatigued “so that the perfect guarding operation is guaranteed.” While killer robots are obviously being developed as our soldiers of the future, they have also found their first real jobs as police officers. The city of Chicago recently purchased four robocops to help with the messiest police work. For now the robots are armed only with water cannons, but the manufacturer promised that the robots can be fitted with shotguns if they are needed for conflict situations. (SF Gate)

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