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Don't be evil? A survey of the tech sector’s stance on lethal autonomous weapons (paxforpeace.nl)
12 points by vd1 2503 days ago
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tyingq 2503 days ago
It wasn't autonomous, but Dallas police killed a sniper with a robot placing c4 explosives on the back of a wall he was leaning on. https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/12/us/dallas-police-robot-c4-exp...
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crb002 2503 days ago
Recoil on a bot is bad. Guessing they start making structural explosives.
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AllegedAlec 2503 days ago
> This report investigates the role of the global tech sector in the development of lethal autonomous weapons, or killer robots.

Geesh, I'm glad they're not using emotional language there.

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devoply 2503 days ago
I find it funny in not using emotional languages for war, but using emotional languages for crime, so you can "think about the children" (tm). Tells you a lot about power structures.
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