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US Army soldiers walking in Syria

Listen up, UN: Soldiers aren’t fans of killer robots

By Catherine Sarkis | Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, Voices of Tomorrow

Kargu drone test.

If a killer robot were used, would we know?

By Zachary Kallenborn | Analysis

A promotional video about autonomous weaponized drone.

Was a flying killer robot used in Libya? Quite possibly

By Zachary Kallenborn | Analysis

Patriot missiles.

Worried about the autonomous weapons of the future? Look at what’s already gone wrong

By Ingvild Bode, Tom Watts | Disruptive Technologies

MQ-9 Reaper.

In the debate over autonomous weapons, it’s time to unlock the “black box” of AI

By Arthur Holland Michel | Artificial Intelligence, Opinion

robot made of weapons dissolves into doves

Death of efforts to regulate autonomous weapons has been greatly exaggerated

By Neil C. Renic | Opinion, Technology and Security

Demonstrators call on countries to ban killer robots

The United States should drop its opposition to a killer robot treaty

By Lisa A. Bergstrom | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, Voices of Tomorrow

Illustration by Matt Field. Based in part on photos by gloucester2gaza and Julian Hertzog via Wikimedia Commons. CY BY-SA 2.0 / CC BY 4.0. Stylized.

Top US Army official: Build AI weapons first, then design safety

By Matt Field | Artificial Intelligence, What We’re Reading