Why the United Nations is meeting to discuss the future of warfare. May 13, 2014— -- Is it time to stop the Terminator in its tracks? Some of the best and brightest leaders are meeting for a ...
The US Marine Corps is moving quickly to field lethal autonomous drones that can fly alongside crewed fighters, absorb enemy ...
Killer robots may soon be a reality as an informal informal meeting of the United Nations will be discussing it. The BBC reports that the robotic experts Prof Ronald Arkin of Georgia Institute of ...
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Killer robots and the fetish of automation

For far too long, two specters have been haunting the world of artificial intelligence and warfare, and they both featured in the same movie. The first is Skynet — the specter of general artificial ...
You know what Russia absolutely doesn't need? An army of autonomous robot soldiers. Yet, the Kremlin is confirming that they do want lethal robots, at the same time the United Nations is holding ...
This past July, Dallas police used a ground robot to kill a man who had killed five police officers in a mass shooting. The incident kicked off a national discussion about lethal robots and what role ...