As Killer Robots Loom, A Push to Keep Humans in Control of Use of Force

Expand In the United States and around the world, public concern is rising at the prospect of weapons systems that would select and attack targets without human intervention. © 2018 Campaign to Stop Killer Robots In 2020, you should be watching for growing international rejection of “killer robots” – weapons that would kill without meaningful human control – and increasing calls for a new treaty to preemptively ban them. Allowing machines to select and target human prey without human intervention sounds like something out of an apocalyptic sci-fi movie. But in many respects, we’re teetering…

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