Autonomous Systems Unleashed

What will it be like when machines make and execute decisions without any human intervention? Why would we make such systems and what are their implications for the future of human judgment and free will? Hundreds, if not thousands, of science fiction stories tell us it's a bad idea to build automated systems without "Human-in-the-loop" (HITL) processes for keeping them in check. In real life, the need for human intervention before executing an automated process is most obvious when it has serious, irreversible consequences: like killing a person with a drone. In high stakes situations like drone strikes, humans make the difficult judgment call before the weapon's deadly automation kicks in.