ADThey brought a robot with them to the news conference and to a side event for U.N. member nations afterward that spoke out against killer robots. AD“There are autonomous boats that will potentially have the ability to fire, there are autonomous drones ... and also vehicles,” she said. “These killer robots ... aren’t a future problem,” she said. But Wareham said that committee operates by consensus and while “the vast majority of countries want to move forward,” they are being held back by nations countries most advanced in developing autonomous weapons. “Countries need to come together in a core group willing to take on the big guys, so to speak,” Williams said.

Source: Washington Post October 21, 2019 21:00 UTC