UAVs are very useful AND very powerful. A main factor that is stopping miscreants from using them, is the algorithmic know-how to control and navigate them. I sincerely hope this group has safety measures in place to ensure that such knowledge is not easily disseminated to the world.
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itself from those who are lawless or have an intention to destroy.
I think that there is a lot of naivete in American culture (I am an American), that is not well thought out.
A number of other questions need to be considered along with this specific one of the spreading of knowledge
about "UAV" technology. Here are some of them:
1. Should science departments in universitiesbe restricted?
2. Should any technology that could be useful to terrorists be restricted?
3. Should (American) government weapons programs be restricted?
4. Should any simple convenience device be restricted, if it could potentially be abused (ex. cell phones to
detonate car bombs)?
5. Should anyone who acts habitually and lawlessly in one area of life (such as breaking the speed limits while
driving) be allowed anywhere near sensitive technology information?
Some information can effectively be restricted, and ought to be restricted. America has strict restrictions on its
weapons programs, and ought to. Some creative technical innovations probably should be restricted, because they
would be so easy to abuse. Other technology probably should not be implemented without strict moral controls
built into its operation (such as weaponized robots).
Every human society has the right to restrict technology, whose abuse it could not control or endure. This is doing
what is best for the common good. This philosophical position is not popular with many moderns, but it is well
supported by wise thinkers through the centuries. This online community is an abstract society, and has
responsibilities as well. Having knowledge means having responsibilities.
HP if you gain any knowledge from this site will you be part of the problem or part of the solution??
This place is full of cutting edge people that are sharing and growing experience world wide.
I look forward to some more positive contributions from yourself.
How you plan to screen close to 10,000 members for their suitability I just don't know.
There are no "safety measures in place to ensure that such knowledge is not easily disseminated to the world". Indeed, just the opposite--we're all about dissemination. Again, see definition of open source.
Our commitment is to openness and transparency. Bad guys already have access to this technology. What we do is to push all of the discussion and development into the open. That way wise minds, regulatory and otherwise, can see what's possible and act accordingly. That's their job, not ours. Just like with all other open source projects, from Linux to the Genome Project, we believe the benefits of open collaboration outweigh the risks.