The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots — this is a real thing — has implored the United Nations to use this week’s talks in Geneva to ban the development of fully autonomous weapons — aka, killer robots. Hearkening to the plot of Terminator 2, the group said that such weapons would be able to select and engage targets without human intervention. The U.S., South Korea, Israel and the UK all use robotic systems that are, to at least some extent, autonomous and lethal.
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Activists Press UN to Ban Killer Robots
Posted by: David Vranicar November 13, 2013 10:35 AMThe Campaign to Stop Killer Robots — this is a real thing — has implored the United Nations to use this week’s talks in Geneva to ban the development of fully autonomous weapons — aka, killer robots. Hearkening to the plot of Terminator 2, the group said that such weapons would be able to select and engage targets without human intervention. The U.S., South Korea, Israel and the UK all use robotic systems that are, to at least some extent, autonomous and lethal.