When Dallas police used a bomb-carrying robot to kill a sniper, they also kicked off an ethical debate about technology’s use as a crime-fighting weapon.
Diplomats from around the world met in Geneva last week for the United Nations’ third Informal Expert Meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS), commonly dubbed “killer robots.”
A large number of themes emerged including cyborg soldiers, autonomous weapons, and cognitive modeling of the enemy. But one observation was repeated again and again: hackers will play a decisive role in the wars of the future.