Why it's so hard to reach an international agreement on killer robots
- Written by Rain Liivoja, Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
The MK 15 Phalanx close-in weapons system, on the USS Reuben James guided-missile frigate, fires during an exercise. Flickr/US Pacific Fleet, CC BY-NC
For several years, civil society groups have been calling for a ban on what they call “killer robots”. Scores of technologists have lent their voice to the cause. Some two dozen...
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