The Push To Stop The Development And Deployment Of 'Killer Robots'

Photo: Rogue robots: Scientists fear machines capable of killing (as depicted by Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator) will soon become a reality unless there is a global treaty agreed to ban them

Daily Mail: Rogue 'Terminator' robots which can kill without human orders could become reality in just a few years

* Scientist Wendel Wallach calls for ethical committees to monitor research
* Yale University ethicist believes the machines should not go uncontrolled
* Need to keep technology 'a good servant, not a dangerous master'
* Sentiments echo warnings last year from Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk
* Hawking warned computers 'must have goals aligned with ours'
* Other leading scientists claim robots will soon do everything humans can
* Robots may pose a threat to global employment over next 30 years

Killer robots that can execute without human intervention will become a reality within years unless there is a global agreement to ban them, warns a leading scientist.

Wendell Wallach, an ethicist at Yale University, will today call on the US government to outlaw such machines on the basis they violate international humanitarian law.

Wallach also warns that technology has become so advanced that a robot capable of killing humans on its own volition will soon become a possibility - much like the rogue machines seen in Arnold Schwarzenegger's hit film, The Terminator.

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WNU Editor: The genie is already out of the bottle.