#34 En http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_robot se puede leer: "However, weapons of warfare have one limitation in becoming fully autonomous: there remain intervention points which requires human input to ensure that targets are not within restricted fire areas as defined by Geneva Conventions for the laws of war. [...] In 2009, academics and technical experts attended a conference to discuss the impact of the hypothetical possibility that robots and computers could become self-sufficient and able to make their own decisions." En un documental de febrero de 2011, que puede verse en http://commonsenseatheism.com/?p=14918, se comentan cosas como: "The predator drones in Afghanistan are remote-controlled from Nevada. Operators give them directions like fly there and bomb that. [...] Currently, there is one operator per robot. Many robots are autonomous in movement – the predator drones fly themselves in changing weather conditions – but no robot today makes lethal decisions on its own." Sin embargo, también dicen: "That won’t be the case for long. Having humans in the loop slows things down, and it’s expensive. Soon, robots will be making lethal decision on their own." Por último, en este artículo http://defense.aol.com/2011/09/09/next-step-for-armed-thinking-drones-new-laws/ de septiembre de 2011, se comenta cómo el siguiente paso hacia la autonomía completa pasa simplemente por cambiar las leyes actuales.
Así que, insisto una vez más: hoy por hoy es una persona quien pulsa el botón de matar a los "malos". En un futuro es evidente que se saltarán ese paso.
#35 Cierto, fallo mío. Ahora que me he fijado bien, el tío pulsa con el dedo antes de cada paso.