谷歌公司稱絕不染指涉及武器的人工智能
Google won't do artificial intelligence work for weapons, the company said Thursday.
Google has come under fire in recent months for its contract with the U.S. Department of Defense to use AI for sifting through drone footage.
Google and other tech firms have been bringing the advances in AI to fields such as medicine, natural disaster planning, energy, transportation and manufacturing.
But these advances have also led to ethical concerns about the kinds of decisions being made without human input.
In recent months, more than 4,000 Google employees signed a petition calling for the cancellation of the company's contract with the Department of Defense. They joined other critics in raising alarms that the project could lead to the use of autonomous weapons.
Last week, a Google executive reportedly told employees that the company would not seek to renew its contract with the military.谷歌公司星期四說，它不會做任何有關武器的人工智能項目。
谷歌公司因爲跟國防部的合同，使用人工智能分析無人機拍攝的圖像，最近數月一直受到批評。
谷歌和其它科技公司把人工智能帶入醫藥、自然災害應對規劃、能源、運輸和製造業等領域。但是，一些人對電腦而不是人做出決定感到擔心。
幾個月前，谷歌公司的4000多名員工簽署了一份請願書，要求公司取消與國防部簽訂的合同。他們和其他一些批評人士擔心，這個項目會導致未來使用無人自動武器。
據報道，谷歌公司的一名高管上星期對員工說，谷歌在與國防部的合同到期後將不再續延。
