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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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In researching an "ethical adaptor" to be programmed into autonomous military robots, Ron Arkin (Interactive Computing) was struck by how many atrocities human soldiers witnessed, committed or abetted. "Human beings have never been designed to operate under the combat conditions of today. [These conditions] exacerbate the potential for violation of laws of war." Source: Christian Science Monitor
