Pilotless Drones: All of the Killing With None of the Accountability
by Jason Ditz,
January 26, 2012
Holding US drone pilots accountable for the many, many civilians they kill has already been a lesson in futility, but it appears this will be doubly so with the advent of the X-47B, the first pilotless variant.
Officials are quick to assure that the computer in the X-47B which decides who lives and who dies could potentially be overriden by humans. Though this is preferable to the killbots of the Terminator franchise, it doesn’t answer the question of who, if anybody, will be theoretically accountable when the drone decides to kill innocent civilians.
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Ubikwitus
January 27th, 2012 at 7:57 am
As close to reality video-gaming as it gets.
Not only is there killing at a distance with no accountability, there is also no personal risk, or danger. Except that which might come from an overactive conscience.
John_Muhammad
January 27th, 2012 at 8:25 pm
I guarantee you when the first American soldier- or civilian- is killed by one of these monsters 'by accident' SOMEONE will be held accountable. Watch to see who that person is, and what happens to them.