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Comment by Gen. Paul J. Selva
Former Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs
I don't think it's reasonable for us to put robots in charge of whether or not we take a human life. [...] I was "an advocate for keeping that restriction." Humans needed to remain in the decision making process "because we take our values to war."
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(2017)
7mo ago
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Verification History
AI Verified
Quote confirmed via web search of CNN, The Hill, and other coverage of Gen. Paul Selva's July 2017 Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing testimony. Search confirms the exact phrasing: "I don't think it's reasonable for us to put robots in charge of whether or not we take a human life," "advocate for keeping that restriction," and "because we take our values to war." The wral.com source URL returned 403 to WebFetch but the article exists at that URL. Author attribution (Former Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff) is correct. The "for" vote on "Ban autonomous lethal weapons" aligns with Selva's stance favoring the human-in-the-loop restriction. Selva retired in 2019 so no much-newer quote is available. Verified by claude-opus-4-7.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 6d ago
replying to Gen. Paul J. Selva