For this article, I want to focus on the issue of autonomous weapon. According to an article from NY Times, the Pentagon’s latest budget outlined $18 billion to be spent over three years on technologies that included those needed for autonomous weapons. The conversation today is no longer about whether or not we should have autonomous weapons. Our government, any other governments in the world, would spend times and money for such a development no matter what. Today, the government is focused on how much autonomy to give to those robots.
My opinion on this issue is that such technology only creates more conflicts, tensions, and eventually wars. As countries trying to compete with each other regarding the development of this technology and fighting to gain military influence in the world, international relationships become more tense and people would live under fears of being attack.
I don’t have anyone particular in mind that I want to interview yet. I’m open for suggestions.
