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Global tech leaders want a ban on 'killer robots'

A robot with the potential that scares analysts
A robot with the potential that scares analysts Source: SBS

More than a hundred technology leaders, including the high-profile founder of the Tesla company, Elon Musk, have signed an open letter to the United Nations calling for a ban on the development of so-called killer robots. Experts at International Artificial Intelligence conference in Melbourne are warning this technology could wreak havoc.


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More than a hundred technology leaders, including the high-profile founder of the Tesla company, Elon Musk, have signed an open letter to the United Nations calling for a ban on the development of so-called killer robots. Experts at International Artificial Intelligence conference in Melbourne are warning this technology could wreak havoc.



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