"Ban 'Killer Bots'", urge human rights watch

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Submission + - "Ban 'Killer Bots'", urge human rights watch (huffingtonpost.com)

Submitted by Taco Cowboy on Monday November 19, 2012 @08:06PM

Taco Cowboy writes: A self-proclaim "Human Rights Group" — the "International Human Rights Clinic" from Harvard Law School — has teamed up with "Human Rights Watch" to urge the banning of "Killer Robots".

A report, issued by the Human Rights Watch, with the title of "Losing Humanity" — http://www.hrw.org/reports/2012/11/19/losing-humanity-0 — claimed that autonomous drones that could attack without human intervention would make war easier and endanger civilians.

Where's the "Robot Rights Watch" just when you need 'em?

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