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ScaryTech: Pentagon working on robots to hunt down uncooperative humans

The US military seeks contractors to develop a Multi-Robot Pursuit System to "search for and detect a non-cooperative human."

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Mobile | by Barb Dybwad | Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:22PM | 1 comment

The Pentagon has put out a request for contractors to help the US military build a Multi-Robot Pursuit System that would "enable a multi-robot team, together with a human operator, to search for and detect a non-cooperative human subject." Experts in police and military technologies indicate that this is in all likelihood a precursor to autonomous, armed robot teams with the ability to "hunt down humans like a pack of dogs." Enhanced with sensors that detect human breath and heartbeat — technologies already developed — the day when Semi-Autonomous Guard Unit #A-367 hunts down trespassers may not be far off.

What do you think of this — surprised, shocked, nonplused? All part of military right and routine? Or do you think it's time for a more democratic review process as artificial intelligence and automation technologies advance?

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Craig Wood external link (7:34 PM on Sat Oct 25, 2008)

I'm thinking about forming a company called Omni Consumer Products (OCP) and put a bid in to build them.

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