Drive to Preemptively Ban ‘Killer Robots’ Gaining Traction

"The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots" is urging governments attending a U.N. conference to prevent the development of a lethal robotic system that holds the power of life or death without any human control. Many of the 120 states that are part of the Convention on Conventional Weapons are participating in this week’s meeting of experts on “lethal autonomous weapons systems.” About two-thirds of the more than 30 countries that spoke at the opening session expressed a desire to...

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