autonomous weapons
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Well, Sure: Drone With a Shotgun
In partnership with the United Kingdom’s Strategic Command, which supports the Ministry of Defence, an unnamed company has developed a new battle-ready drone to assist armed forces with dangerous ground operations during urban warfare.
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Australian Scientists (And Elon Musk) Sign Pledge Against Killer Robots
Leading Australian Artificial Intelligence Expert Professor Toby Walsh, along with Google DeepMind, the XPRIZE Foundation and Elon Musk make up just a few of the 2,500+ signatories of a global pledge to “neither participate in nor support the development, manufacture, trade, or use of lethal autonomous weapons.”
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Autonomous Killing Machines Are More Dangerous Than We Think
A former Pentagon official is warning that autonomous weapons would likely be uncontrollable in real-world situations thanks to design failures, hacking and external manipulation. The answer, he says, is to always keep humans “in the loop”.
