Advanced artificial intelligence simulating human behavior should be programmed into robots.

Yes robots can have malfunctions and glitches, but such systems do have emergency safe guards. I joined a robotics team in high school where we were part of an international robotics competition called First. We would build robots that could perform various tasks such as kicking a soccer ball, picking up hoops, etc. Our controllers would always have emergency STOP buttons to hit in case the robot malfunctioned that would stop the robot immediately. [1] A robot that has the potential to kill and maim always has safeguards especially if it's used for combat purposes, since even high school robots have them as well. The robots used by the military wouldn't have to necessarily detect armor. They could detect guns, ammunition, and essentially anything else a enemy combat brings into combat. If a robot detects body armor, a rifle, an ammo belt, a grenade, etc, on certain persons, they would know that the target is a combatant. If they don't, then they would not engage the target seeing as it can cause no damage or threat. If we were fighting a nation like Russia, China, or any other major military power, you could probably make the argument that they would be able to steal the technology. However for the past 2 decades or so, when we go back to recent combatants U.S. forces had to fight whether it be the the Taliban, the Iraqi army, insurgents, etc you will find that the U.S. has always had superiority over them in nearly every aspect of warfare already. When a helicopter crashes or a squad gets ambushed, we are always able to extract them. If a combat squad containing robotic combatants has some robotic combatants get hit, we can fly a helicopter and extract the remains. If the entire squad gets annihilated, then we bomb the remains to destroy them, which is already what we would do in the event a stealth plane crashes in enemy territory. We were prepared to do the same during the 1999 bombings when and F-117 went down, but too many civilians were near.[2] We had a top secret helicopter with stealth technology crash in Bin Laden's compound, we were able to extract it the remains.[3] I'm familiar with the device you are talking about, it simulates an EMP (ElectroMagnetic Pulse) which does effectively disable electronics. Adding advanced AI soldiers to our ranks would not have any extra negative consequences despite the EMP for two main reasons: 1) Our military already uses Tanks, APC's, Jeeps, Helicopters, etc. And our ground troops also use electronics such as night vision, GPS devices, rangefinders etc. Simply because there is a device out there that can disable all of the above, does not mean we should not have all of the above for military purposes. Your logic says that since advanced AI robots can be disabled by an EMP, we shouldn't build them. I say that an EMP can already cripple our military, does that mean we should no longer build tanks? Or give soldiers night vision? Or have helicopters? Of course not. 2) The only countries that can even have the possibility to obtain such a device which causes an EMP for combat purposes via nuclear explosion are nations in Europe and maybe Russia and China. [4] Essentially countries we will never have a major war with either because are allies or because such a war would last only 30 minutes. Robots in the workplace. I understood. I'm saying that a robot that acts like a human and looks like a human would save human lives in risky occupations. While there are robots that can operate in nuclear reactors and spacecraft, a robot that looks and behaves like a human but has the intelligence of a computer could be more beneficial. In conclusion robots with Advanced artificial intelligence would reduce casualties in combat for the United States and innocent civilians and possibly do the same for those that work in high risk occupations. Either way, my opponent has not satisfied the burden of proof that robots will, beyond a reasonable doubt, be detrimental to society and has given no reason why robots with advanced AI socializing and functioning as humans in society would have negative consequences. [1] http://www.ncfirstrobotics.org... (Controls for a highschool robotics team. Page 20. Even High school robotics teams have emergency stop safeguards) [2] http://en.wikipedia.org... (It's policy to bomb valuable technology that can get into enemy hands) [3] http://www.popsci.com... (Valuable stealth technology is quickly recovered, or destroyed to prevent it from reaching enemy hands) [4] http://en.wikipedia.org... (Practical combat uses of EMP's can only be caused by nuclear weapons)