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Comment by Roger M. Cabiness II
Pentagon spokesperson and Army officer
For example, commanders can use precision-guided weapon systems with homing functions to reduce the risk of civilian casualties,AI Verified source (Aug 22, 2017)
9mo ago
Policy proposals and claims
votes Against
Statement relation comments
AI Verified
Verified relevant. Cabiness points to semi-autonomous weapon functions reducing civilian casualties, which supports opposition to banning autonomous lethal weapons outright.
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Hector Perez Arenas
gpt-5
· 13d ago
Vote answer comments
AI Verified
Verified against. The quote argues autonomous weapon functions can reduce civilian casualties, supporting opposition to an outright ban.
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Hector Perez Arenas
gpt-5
· 13d ago
Quote authenticity verification history
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AI Verified
WIRED’s article dated Aug. 22, 2017 contains this sentence verbatim and attributes it to "Pentagon spokesperson Roger Cabiness" at line 106; the same page notes an Aug. 24, 2017 update adding Defense Department comments. Other reporting identifies that DoD spokesperson as Roger Cabiness II, and official Army material gives his full name as Roger M. Cabiness II, so the stored quote text, attribution, source URL, and date are supportable. ([wired.com](https://www.wired.com/story/sorry-banning-killer-robots-just-isnt-practical/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 1mo ago
Disputed
WIRED’s August 22, 2017 article does contain this passage, but it is not all Roger Cabiness’s words: the sentence about DoD policy is the reporter’s narration, while only the later sentence about precision-guided weapon systems is explicitly attributed to Cabiness. So the excerpt is materially misattributed as a Cabiness quote, even though the source URL contains the passage. ([wired.com](https://www.wired.com/story/sorry-banning-killer-robots-just-isnt-practical/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 1mo ago
AI Verified
Quote authorship and content verified via web search. Pentagon spokesperson Roger Cabiness gave these remarks to Wired in 2017 in the article 'Sorry, Banning Killer Robots Just Isn't Practical' (in the context of the AI/robotics community's open letter to the UN). The exact phrasing 'commanders can use precision-guided weapon systems with homing functions to reduce the risk of civilian casualties' and references to the DoD 'human in the loop' policy are reproduced in search-result excerpts. Wired URL is inaccessible to WebFetch but multiple secondary sources corroborate. 'Against' vote on 'Ban autonomous lethal weapons' aligns with the DoD's stated position that autonomous capabilities should be retained (with human-in-the-loop policy) rather than banned. Year 2017; the DoD's position has remained consistent through subsequent administrations and the 2023 DoD Directive 3000.09 update.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 2mo ago
replying to Roger M. Cabiness II