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Old 03-25-2009, 10:47 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I would make the argument that robots under the control of people (ala drones) are not robots at all. The threat comes mainly from autonomous devices that require no human interaction to complete their assigned tasks.

The Preditor drone for example, cannot think on its own, it requires constant human input to function; on the other hand, those sentry bots they have started to make require no human interaction and freely patrol their programmed zones with a loaded firearm. It is a vast distinction in my opinion.

Remote control vs. autonomus control are two hugely different things.
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