EMSIAC Wars

M. Ryder
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Bernard Wolfe’s dystopian satire Limbo (1952) remains a critically under-discussed work, and despite its many controversies, offers important insight into the ethical dilemmas surrounding modern-day drone warfare and human-machine relations. While the EMSIAC war computers in Limbo may be blamed for World War III, they are only ever a scapegoat to shift blame away from the humans who follow orders blindly, and themselves behave much like machines. To this end, this paper will explore the ethical implications of Wolfe’s novel and what it means for the way we wage wars with robotic drones controlled by humans from afar.
伯纳德·沃尔夫(Bernard Wolfe)的反乌托邦讽刺作品《地狱边缘》(Limbo, 1952)仍然是一部评论界讨论不足的作品,尽管它有许多争议,但它对围绕现代无人机战争和人机关系的伦理困境提供了重要的见解。虽然Limbo中的EMSIAC战争计算机可能被指责为第三次世界大战的罪魁祸首,但它们只是将责任转移到盲目服从命令的人类身上的替罪羊,而他们自己的行为就像机器一样。为此,本文将探讨沃尔夫小说的伦理含义,以及它对我们用人类远程控制的机器人无人机发动战争的方式意味着什么。
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