UN fails to agree on 'killer robot' ban as nations pour billions into autonomous weapons research
- Written by James Dawes, Professor of English, Macalester College
Humanitarian groups have been calling for a ban on autonomous weapons.Wolfgang Kumm/picture alliance via Getty ImagesAutonomous weapon systems – commonly known as killer robots – may have killed human beings for the first time ever last year, according to a recent United Nations Security Council report on the Libyan civil war. History...