@Regranned from @freedom_faction - Thoughts? A group of the world’s leading AI researchers and humanitarian organizations are warning about #lethalautonomousweaponssystems, or #killerrobots, that select and kill targets without human control. The group alleges killer robots now exist and the bulk of these technological developments are military funded in #UK, #China, #Israel, #Russia, and the #UnitedStates. Although, fully autonomous weapons systems have not yet been deployed on the battlefield, the action by the group to ban #lethalautonomousweapons is a preemptive ban before the technology falls into the wrong hands. The group calls on the citizens of the world to contact their representatives and for countries to work together to form international treaties, before it’s too late. Member List of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots: Human Rights Watch Article 36 International Committee for Robot Arms Control PAX Association for Aid and Relief Japan: Mines Action Canada Nobel Women’s Initiative Pugwash Conferences on Science & World Affairs Seguridad Humana en América Latina y el Caribe (SEHLAC) Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Future of Life Institute released a video yesterday titled: Slaughterbots. The video portrays not to far in the distant future of a military firm unveiling a drone with shaped explosives that can target and kill humans on its own. Further in, the video abruptly changes pace, when bad guys get ahold of the technology and unleash swarms of killer robots onto the streets of #WashingtonDC and various academic institutions. The video is aggressive and graphic but outlines if the technology was misused it could have severe consequences - such as civilian mass causality events. Stuart Russell, a world leading AI researcher at the #UniversityofCalifornia in #Berkeley, showed the #video to the United Nations Convention on Conventional Weapons on Monday. He said, “the technology illustrated in the film is simply an integration of existing capabilities. It is not science fiction. In fact, it is easier to achieve than self-driving cars, which require far higher standards of performance.” 🖐🏾More in comments👇🏾#Terminators
