shape of war forever. throughout the history of warfare that has been one common thread, and that is it has been people who have made the decisions on who and how to fight. but now we are having to ask the question what would happen if you took the human out of the loop? weapons, guided and driven by artificial intelligence, oh no longer science—fiction. over the next year, the un will discuss whether the development and deployment of this kind of technology should be left unrestricted, regulated or banned. 50 unrestricted, regulated or banned. . unrestricted, regulated or banned, ., ,, unrestricted, regulated or banned. ., ,, ., banned. so far, the us and the uk have opposed _ banned. so far, the us and the uk have opposed binding - uk have opposed binding agreements to regulate or ban the use of so—called killer robots. james clayton reports from silicon valley on the dawning reality that iai researchers say we need to start thinking about today ——