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Date: Fri, 27-Jun-86 19:00:18 EDT
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 led to this when you realize that
many hundreds of people have read the same comment you did, and you want
to `correct' the matter before they get the wrong ideas (in your opinion).

Killer Robots:

	I would hesitate to arm robots with deadly weapons, especially when
they can act independently.  I suggest using non-lethal weapons like tear
gas, rubber bullets or the Tazer(sp?) electric shock gun.

[I wouldn't want a robot with a submachine gun loaded with rubber bullets
 after me - it wouldn't be much different in the long run than having 
 'real' bullets.  There are some interesting projects going on in the DoD
 (the ? joint armed forces technological weaponry project ? including a
 self-guided Tank, and such) that are relevent to this issue... --Dave]

				Dave Newkirk, ihnp4!ihuxl!dcn