Comic #5523: in-the-loop

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Panel 1: AS IT ADVANCED, ITS WAR-TIME POTENTIAL BECAME CLEAR.
THIS MACHINE KILLS FASTER, MORE ACCURATELY, AND WITHOUT MORAL QUERIES OF ANY KIND.
WE MUST USE IT FOR GOOD!

Panel 2: SOME LUDDITES GREW CONCERNED.
I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER THE DANGERS OF GIVING ROBOTIC SOLDIERS SO MUCH AUTONOMY.

Panel 3: LOOK, THESE ARE HIGHLY SKILLED PROFESSIONAL KILL-BOTS.
YOU'RE GOING TO WANT SOME LEVEL OF OVERSIGHT.

Panel 4: FORTUNATELY, THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD CAME TOGETHER.
IN LIGHT OF OUR DESIRE FOR PEACE AND THE FACT THAT NEITHER OF US IS SURE EXACTLY HOW MANY MURDER-DRONES YOU’VE MADE, WE HAVE AGREED TO OUTLINE AUTONOMOUS MACHINE WARFARE.

Panel 5: THE NEW SYSTEM HAD ITS OWN FLAWS.
GENERAL, OUR PRECISION STRIKES SYSTEM TECHNICALLY USES SOME DEEP LEARNING ALGORITHMS.
IT’S FORBIDDEN.
HEY, AT LEAST THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE WILL BE DONE BY GOOD OLD RELIABLE HUMANS.

Panel 6: WHEN A NEW GREAT WAR CAME, OPINIONS BEGAN TO SHIFT.
MADAME PRESIDENT, IF WE ARE TO PRESERVE CIVILIZATION FOR THE FUTURE, WE MUST VIOLATE THE AGREEMENTS WHILE KEEPING THEM IN PLACE!

Panel 7: COMPUTER SCIENTISTS DESIGNED A WORKAROUND.
WE’VE TAKEN OUR ALGORITHMS AND INTRODUCED A “TED-GAT”.
WHAT'S THAT?
WHEN IT ACTS, TED ACTUALLY ASKS HIS FRIEND TED.
AND IF TED WANTS TO KILL, TED ASKS YOU.
YES, BUT TECHNICALLY THERE IS NOW A HUMAN IN THE LOOP.

Panel 8: THE VERY FIRST ROBOT TED WAS LABELED AS THE GREATEST GENERAL IN HISTORY.
ARE YOU PLANNING TO RUN FOR OFFICE?
YES.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IT IS?
YES.

Panel 9: WITH PEACE RESTORED, WE ATTEMPTED A RETURN TO NORMALCY.
SIR, IT'S UNETHICAL TO KEEP ROBOT SOLDIERS OUTSIDE OF WAR TIME.
YES.
BUT YOU SEEM TO BE KEEPING THEM.
YES.
MY GOD AND THEY OBEY ONLY YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE THE ONLY TED-GAT.

Panel 10: SUPPORTERS LIKE TED’S POSITIVE ATTITUDE.
YES.
HISTORY WILL NOT LOOK KINDLY ON THIS PERIOD.

Panel 11: THE YEARS 1900-2100: A MISTAKE.

Panel 12: BUT IT WILL DRAW A VALUABLE LESSON.
BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT: WE HEREBY BAN HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP WARFARE.

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