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Slaughterbots
Will they be outlawed? No.
Christmas always brings bad news. This week it is the news that
UN talks to ban ‘slaughterbots’ collapsed — here’s why that matters — CNBC
Artificial Intelligence scares the crap out of me, and the thought that these AI-enabled drones can be cheaply dumped in swarms from a cargo plane over a target area (military or civilian) is truly frightening.
The Turkish company STM has already seen its slaughterbots used in Libya.
The UN is toothless and these weapons do not fall under the aegis of the Geneva Convention which, with its additional protocols has kept biological and chemical weapons off the battlefield — that is, the legal battlefield.
Tyrants and dictators do not bind themselves to the laws of humanity.
The proposed ban on slaughterbots was opposed by the US and Russia in the face of support from 125 other nations.
Wake up world!
