You know about bugs, viruses, and hackers.
Now imagine them in robots.
Here’s a fun article about how robots could become dangers.
It’s based on this academic article with the awesome title of “A Spotlight on Security and Privacy Risks with Future
Household Robots: Attacks and Lessons.”
Dangers include bad guys taking control of robots to invade privacy, harass, or vandalize.
Also, robots could go haywire and injure pets and older people (this means you, baby boomers!).
(TW)
What happens when good robots go ‘bad’? | 5 November 2009
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