Prevent 'Killer Robots' Deciding When to Kill on Battlefield
A review of the first UN report on lethal autonomous robotic weapons and its presentation to the Human Rights Council.
This week at the United Nations in Geneva, governments for the first time debated what to do about weapons that – once activated – would be able to select and engage targets without further intervention by a human. While it is good news that no country said ‘bring them on’, the challenge is how to nip the idea in the bud – before it’s too late.
The original article can be found on the Human Rights Watch website here.