Killer robots are only ‘years away’: Report calls for ban on machines that shoot to kill as UN begins smart weapons meeting
Report by Human Rights Watch and the Harvard Law School
Released as UN kicks off a week-long meeting on such weapons in Geneva
DailyMail.com
12 April 2016
Technology allowing a pre-programmed robot to shoot to kill, or a tank to fire at a target with no human involvement, is only years away, experts say.
A new report called Monday for a ban on such ‘killer robots.
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The report by Human Rights Watch and the Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic was released as the United Nations kicked off a week-long meeting on such weapons in Geneva.
The report calls for humans to remain in control over all weapons systems at a time of rapid technological advances.
It says that requiring humans to remain in control of critical functions during combat, including the selection of targets, saves lives and ensures that fighters comply with international law.
‘Machines have long served as instruments of war, but historically humans have directed how they are used,’ said Bonnie Docherty, senior arms division researcher at Human Rights Watch, in a statement.
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