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Robots & Warfare (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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The Ethics of Robots in Combat

A petition opposing the development of killer robots was signed by thousands, including Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk. The article very appropriately references Asimov's three laws of robotic warfare. We don't actually want a robot that follows those laws anyway, because someone can build ones that don't have those laws,. or hack them and replace those laws, or just pervert them.

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