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We didn’t expect a Campaign to Stop Killer Robots to be needed in the world - but it is.
A global movement
Our lives are becoming increasingly automated, from smart houses and targeted advertising to ‘self-service’ passport control. Technologies like facial recognition, and many other forms of artificial intelligence have been ‘quietly’ introduced and are gradually becoming integrated into our everyday lives with both positive and negative implications for people around the world.
What does this have to do with killer robots?
At the most extreme end of the spectrum of increasing automation lie autonomous weapons or killer robots. Autonomy in technology needs regulation because governments and companies are developing weapons that automate the decision to use force.
Why should you care?
These technologies dehumanise people, they reduce us to stereotypes – data to be processed.
Meaningful human control should be central to our relationship with technology and the role it plays in our lives.
We need to value people, in all our complexities and humanity – stopping killer robots is therefore essential.
Imagine the consequences of an autonomous system that could, by itself, targe and attack human beings. I call upon States to ban these weapons, which are politically unacceptable and morally repugnant.
ANTÓNIO GUTERRES, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
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With growing digital dehumanisation, the Stop Killer Robots coalition works to ensure human control in the use of force. Our campaign calls for new international law on autonomy in weapons systems.
