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AI in warfare

The Reith Lectures

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Autonomous Weapons - The Future of Autonomy

Autonomous weapons can locate, select and engage human targets without human supervision. In 20 15 all the component technologies for autonomous weapons already existed - it would not be too hard to put them together. But while a self driving car can never make a serious mistake, a lethal weapon that works 90 per cent of the time is just fine. The prosandcons should we develop and deploy autonomous weapons, or should we ban them?

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