Autonomous killer robots do not currently exist but advances in technology are bringing them closer to reality
'Killer Robots' To Be Debated At UN -- BBC
Killer robots will be debated during an informal meeting of experts at the United Nations in Geneva.
Two robotics experts, Prof Ronald Arkin and Prof Noel Sharkey, will debate the efficacy and necessity of killer robots.
The meeting will be held during the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW).
A report on the discussion will be presented to the CCW meeting in November.
This will be the first time that the issue of killer robots, or lethal autonomous weapons systems, will be addressed within the CCW.
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My Comment: As technology advances the automation of warfare has been escalating .... especially in the past few years. This debate is long overdue .... but I doubt that countries who have heavily invested in developing these weapon platforms are going to change.
