Boycott Threat Terminated 'Killer Robot' Project

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By Jeremy Hsu
May 6, 2018 11:58 PMNov 19, 2019 9:48 PM
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A fictional killer robot in the film "Terminator 2: Judgment Day." In reality, researchers are less worried about a robot uprising and more concerned about how development of lethal autonomous weapons that take responsibility for killing out of human hands. Credit: Studio Canal | Carolco Pictures Notable tech leaders and scientists have signed open letter petitions calling for a ban on lethal autonomous weapons powered by artificial intelligence technologies. But a group of AI researchers recently went a step farther by using the threat of boycott to discourage a university from developing so-called killer robot technologies. It all began in late February when a 

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