Harvard IHRC/HRW: "Ban Autonomous Killer Robots Before It's Too Late"

From the "Questions I haven't really been thinking about" file, Harvard Law School and Human Rights Watch:

Losing Humanity
The Case against Killer Robots

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Here's the press release:
Ban ‘Killer Robots’ Before It’s Too Late

 Governments should pre-emptively ban fully autonomous weapons because of the danger they pose to civilians in armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. These future weapons, sometimes called “killer robots,” would be able to choose and fire on targets without human intervention....MORE

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  The South Korean SGR-1 sentry robot, a precursor to a fully autonomous weapon, can detect people in the Demilitarized Zone and, if a human grants the command, fire its weapons. The robot is shown here during a test with a surrendering enemy soldier.
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