Countries should quickly agree a treaty banning the use of so-called killer robots "before it is too late", activists said, such as this Reaper drone aircraft (AFP Photo/LUDOVIC MARIN)
The Verge: Inside the United Nations’ effort to regulate autonomous killer robots
Meet the UN diplomat heading up the coming ‘killer robot’ conference
Amandeep Gill has a difficult job, though he won’t admit it himself. As chair of the United Nations’ Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) meetings on lethal autonomous weapons, he has the task of shepherding 125 member states through discussions on the thorny technical and ethical issue of “killer robots” — military robots that could theoretically engage targets independently. It’s a subject that has attracted a glaring media spotlight and pressure from NGOs like Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, which is backed by Tesla’s Elon Musk and Alphabet’s Mustafa Suleyman, to ban such machines outright.
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UN: Decisive action needed to ban killer robots - before it’s too late -- Amnesty International
Experts assemble for UN-hosted meeting on ‘killer robots’ -- AP
Killer military robots will create a nightmare dystopia if they are allowed to kill at will, Amnesty International warn as they call on the UN to ban them -- Daily Mail
‘Killer’ robots should be banned before it is too late: activists - The Nation/AFP
10 things to know about 'killer robots' -- DW
'Killer robots' are coming and the world is trying to figure out what to do with them -- FOX News
Should 'killer robots' be banned? -- Nina Werkhäuser, DW
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UN: Decisive action needed to ban killer robots - before it’s too late -- Amnesty International
Experts assemble for UN-hosted meeting on ‘killer robots’ -- AP
Killer military robots will create a nightmare dystopia if they are allowed to kill at will, Amnesty International warn as they call on the UN to ban them -- Daily Mail
‘Killer’ robots should be banned before it is too late: activists - The Nation/AFP
10 things to know about 'killer robots' -- DW
'Killer robots' are coming and the world is trying to figure out what to do with them -- FOX News
Should 'killer robots' be banned? -- Nina Werkhäuser, DW
