Robot Battle, YouTube deleted due to animal cruelty

A robot battle video, in which one’s own robots are duel, has been deleted on YouTube for violating YouTube policy due to animal abuse content.

In the United States, tough robot battles that physically destroy opponents with any means such as drills, hammers, and spinning saws are gaining popularity. A TV game series called BattleBots has also been broadcast for a long time.

The person who revealed that the video of his own robot has been deleted on YouTube is also a battle bot veteran named Jamieson Go. He said that YouTube’s video screening result revealed that the guidelines were violated and was deleted, and that content that deliberately causes unnecessary pain or damage to animals or content that encourages and forces fights between animals is prohibited. For example, if it is for educational purposes such as fighting dogs or fighting games, or content related to art or science, it contains content that is judged in each case.

He said nine videos had been subjected to the same action, but hundreds of other users were deleted. On what basis or algorithm was the robot duel judged as animal cruelty? It seems that Youcube was unable to distinguish between fighting dogs and duel robots by automatically searching for and determining the flag by AI. YouTube explained that the animal abuse decision was an internal error and was an over-reaction of the intervention system. YouTube said that deletions made due to such misjudgments can be remedied through the means by which users apply for re-examination. The video that was accidentally deleted this time has already been restored. He also explained that there are no rules prohibiting robot battles for the time being.

This uproar ended with a misjudgment. However, it is a different direction from this error, but as the robot evolves, it may become a reality about how far to acknowledge the abuse of robots that seem to suffer in the end, and whether human rights or authority for highly developed artificial intelligence will be recognized. I do not know.