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Kevin Klyman Contributor Share on Twitter Kevin Klyman is a technology researcher who has written data protection policies for the United Nations. His work has been published by Human Rights Watch, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. The TechCrunch Global Affairs Project examines the increasingly intertwined relationship between the tech sector and […]

It didn’t just start with drones—and it won’t stop with them.

Originally posted at TomDispatch. Yes, it’s true. After 20 years of war – actually, more like 30 years if you count American involvement in the Russian - Rebecca Gordon for Antiwar.com Original

Here’s a scenario to consider: a military force has purchased a million cheap, disposable flying drones each the size of a deck of cards, each capable of carrying three grams of explosives — enough to kill a single person or, in a “shaped charge,” pierce a steel wall. They’ve been programmed to seek...

Once launched, lethal autonomous weapons systems will fly and kill without any further human action.

A UN committee on weapons is meeting this week to regulate the development of “killer robots”. But some world powers oppose any strict limit or ban on such weapons.

A future with killer robots? Global treaty hopes dim as nations meet in Geneva

A future with killer robots? Global treaty hopes dim as nations meet in Geneva

The countries behind a United Nations agreement on weapons have been meeting this week on the thorny issue of lethal autonomous weapons systems, colloquially known as "killer robots," which advocacy groups want to strictly limit or ban.

Some world powers oppose binding constraints on the development of autonomous weapons systems.