Is it ethical to work on general-purpose robots given the risk of cyberhacking?
If there were millions+ of general-purpose robots deployed in the world, and someone were able to hack / take control of a large fraction of them, they could easily create a repressive state. Despite the feasiblity of this danger, I have found very little discussion online.
TLDR: For this reason, was wondering if anyone happens to know: i) what the mainstream AI safety community’s view on this issue is — i.e., whether the cyberhacking of general-purpose robots is considered a serious risk—and if so, whether it is ethical to work on general-purpose robotics; or ii) any good online discussions that examine this specific issue?
Is it ethical to work on general-purpose robots given the risk of cyberhacking?
If there were millions+ of general-purpose robots deployed in the world, and someone were able to hack / take control of a large fraction of them, they could easily create a repressive state. Despite the feasiblity of this danger, I have found very little discussion online.
TLDR: For this reason, was wondering if anyone happens to know: i) what the mainstream AI safety community’s view on this issue is — i.e., whether the cyberhacking of general-purpose robots is considered a serious risk—and if so, whether it is ethical to work on general-purpose robotics; or ii) any good online discussions that examine this specific issue?