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Runaway Armed MQ-9 Reaper Drone Shot Down
An armed MQ-9 Reaper drone UAV went rogue over Afghanistan last Sunday, forcing the U.S. Air Force to scramble a manned U.S. aircraft to shoot it down. The unresponsive drone eventually crashed into the side of a mountain.
(Armed MQ-9 Reaper Hunter/Killer UAV)
The MQ-9 Reaper is not a fully autonomous drone, but it is capable of some autonomous behaviors. For example, it can be told to loiter over a particular area, or fly over territory in a set route.
Although the MQ-9 Reaper is not fully autonomous, watching these armed robotic systems go out of control may remind sf readers (and movie goers) of certain cautionary tales. Consider the story of ED-209 from the futuristic 1987 movie Robocop.
(ED 209 needs more work)
"The Enforcement Droid series 209 is a self-sufficient law enforcement robot. The 209 is currently programmed for urban pacification, but that is only the beginning. After a tour of duty in Old Detroit, we can expect 209 to become the hot military product of the next decade..."
In a related story, see how researchers are struggling to equip autonomous robots with ethical behavior using prospective logic to help them make life-and-death decisions about people.
Via Popular Science.
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