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Fox News: Terrorists in League with Daleks
     

The Scholars
& Rogues blog picked up on a Fox news
story hyping the danger from Al Queda's crack scientists who
are apparently seeking to destroy us with killer robots. Based on
the photo in the article, Al Queda's new robot pals are those
arch-enemies of
Doctor Who, the Daleks.
The somewhat fanciful Fox news story is based on
a press
release from The University of Sheffield that described a
keynote address by Noel
Sharkey. In his address to the Royal United
Services Institute, Sharkey warned of the ethical issues raised by the
increasing number of autonomous military robots. During the talk he
noted, "Once the new weapons are out there, they will be fairly easy
to copy. How long is it going to be before the terrorists get in on the
act? With the current prices of robot construction falling dramatically
and the availability of ready-made components for the amateur market, it
wouldn´t require a lot of skill to make autonomous robot weapons."
   

http://robots.net/article/2481.html