United Nations Urged To Ban The Use Of 'Killer Robots'

Bomber With Long Range Anti-Ship Missile. This missile can select targets in-flight. US Air Force

Popular Science: The International Community Is About To Debate Killer Robots

To ban or let be?

Nobody wants a robot apocalypse. From the mechanical worker’s revolt in R.U.R. (the play that gave us the word “robot”) to the bleak, nuke-scarred hellscapes of the Terminator and Matrix films, the idea of humanity destroyed by tools of its own creation is compelling, if still the domain of fiction. To keep the apocalypse firmly in the realm of the speculative, today the International Committee of the Red Cross released an unusual statement for a humanitarian group: “Decisions to kill and destroy are a human responsibility.”

The Red Cross isn’t encouraging human decisions to kill and destroy. Instead, it’s arguing that if such decisions are going to be made (and little in human history suggests they won’t be), then it’s really important that it is actual humans with that authority and power, not lethal autonomous weapon systems. Or, in the vernacular of the movement, “killer robots.” From the Red Cross:

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WNU Editor: Too late. Pandora's Box has been opened.

More News On Calls To Ban "Killer Robots"

Killer Robots and the Concept of Meaningful Human Control -- Human Rights Watch
Future of war? UN urged to stop proliferation of killer robots as new arms race looms -- IBTimes
United Nations warned of 'killer robots' during Geneva talks -- Daily Mail
Autonomous killing robots should be 'prohibited', experts say -- Wired
Killer robots closer to reality than we think, Australia tells United Nations -- Sydney Morning Herald
Call for ban on ‘killer robots’ amid UN meetings -- News.com.au
HRW Calls on World to Maintain Control Over 'Killer Robots' -- Sputnik
Legality of 'killer robots' will be debated this week -- Tech Radar
HRW: fully autonomous weapons must be internationally prohibited -- Jurist
Killer Robots: HRW Argues For Human Control -- Eurasia Review
How killer robots will save us all -- Paul Waldman, The Week