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Letting robots kill without human supervision could save lives

8 November 2017

Calls to ban killer robots ignore the fact that human soldiers can make lethal mistakes. If driverless cars will save lives, perhaps armed machines can as well
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ISIS is weaponising consumer drones and we can't stop them – yet

28 June 2017

The terrorist group is already strapping grenades to drones as it fights to retain the Iraqi city of Mosul, but what happens if airborne terror comes to the West?

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