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War in Ukraine accelerates global drive toward killer robots

  • Written by James Dawes, Professor of English, Macalester College
imageIt wouldn't take much to turn this remotely operated mobile machine gun into an autonomous killer robot.Pfc. Rhita Daniel, U.S. Marine Corps

The U.S. military is intensifying its commitment to the development and use of autonomous weapons, as confirmed by an update to a Department of Defense directive. The update, released Jan. 25, 2023, is the...

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