Drones
There is rising concern about ´killer robots´.
In August 2017, the heads of one hundred leading companies in this field signed an open letter calling on
the United Nations to outlaw ´lethal autonomous weapons´, just as international conventions constrain the use of
chemical and biological weapons. The signatories wrn about an electronic battlefield ´at a scale greater than ever, and at timescales faster than humans can comprehend´.
Martin Rees, On The Future
Nearly 90 Percent Of People Killed In Recent Drone Strikes Were Not The Target (10/15/2015)
Links
Future of Life Institute
Drone Papers
Stop Killer Robots
Human Rights Watch on Killer Robots
Bibliography
The Assassination Complex: Jeremy Scahill and the Staff of the Intercept
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