If any major military moves ahead with developing artificial intelligence weapons, a global arms race of robotic killing machines is virtually inevitable, according to an open letter signed by Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and hundreds of other robotics researchers.
Hawking, Musk, Researchers Warn of ‘Inevitable’ AI Arms Race
Autonomous weapons — or weapons not controlled by humans — include weapons like armed quadcopters that can search and kill people meeting at a certain place at a certain time. They don’t include cruise missiles or remotely piloted drones, which humans control.
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
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