TED BURSA COLLEGE / 10-B
The Creation of a Robot Army
Emirhan ALTUNTEPE
As the technologic capabilities of our world develop , and more scientific innovations are popularized to the public , some questions can naturally come to mind . A big majority of the most controversial questions is about the ethical consequences of our changing world . One such question is that if it would be ethical or not were a robot army with a right to kill was created . To answer the question , we must first acknowledge two more important questions : If it is ethical for robots to kill , and if a robot army is needed at all .
One of the most notable effects of war on soldiers is that they have much difficulty adapting to civilian life after being on the field for a long time , and creating robot armies help solve that issue . It could also help protect civilians affected by the war because the robots would be programmed to not hurt them . Be it is either human versus human combat or robot versus human combat , because both sides would be trying to kill each other , there would be no problem with robots being given the right to kill .
The real problem with this choice would be that robots may be much more unreliable than real humans when it comes to combat . The soldiers are trained by the military in such a way that there is a very low chance of any data being compromised , but no matter how powerful the protection of the robot is , there is always a considerable possibility of the enemy using electronic devices to hijack the robot and get data .
No matter how many advantages robot armies bring , there are always many disadvantages . The scientific innovations about warfare should not be about encouraging preference of war but rather be about how to stop the war and destruction from happening .