Rise of the machines - now a formal field of study

[Joaz Banbeck]

On Nov. 21, the U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter signed a new policy directive aimed at reducing the risk and “consequences of failures in autonomous and semi-autonomous weapon systems that could lead to unintended engagements.” In other words, the Pentagon was making sure that the U.S. military doesn’t end up in a situation where robots are able to decide whether to pull the trigger on a human...

In an attempt to head that future off, Terminator-like, Cambridge University has announced it’s setting up a center next year devoted to the study of technology and “existential risk” — the threat that advances in artificial intelligence, biotechnology and other fields could pose to mankind’s very existence.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/11/29/ris ... ?hpt=hp_t4

[schultz]

Sorry, I can't help myself: http://what-if.xkcd.com/5/

[betterlife]

Only the defence secretary?! I hope the attack secretary signs it's too !

[speedchase]

Only the defence secretary?! I hope the attack secretary signs it's too !

I hate to break it to you, but they are a political organization, not a scientific organization. I don't think most of the people talking really understand what they are talking about.
Edit: I would like to amend my previous statement. Some of the people in your video probably know what they are talking about, but are misrepresenting the facts because they have an ulterior motive.
Edit2: The article sites Science fiction movies, as if they were a reliable source.