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UK robotics professor Noel Sharkey is raising a fuss over the US Defense Department’s intention to put $4 billion into “unmanned systems” in the next year or two. One fear is that spillover from all that R&D will give terrorists new ways to build effective GPS-guided suicide bombers for $500 or less. “How long is it going to be before the terrorists get in on the act? With the current prices of robot construction falling dramatically and the availability of ready-made components for the amateur m.

. . “With a robot I can be sure that a robot will never harbour the intention to hurt a non-combatant,” he says. “Ultimately they will be able to perform better than humans. “Today, Sharkey, Arkin and others are discussing these matters at length at a symposium called “The Ethics & Legal Implications of Unmanned Vehicles for Defence and Security Purposes,” hosted by the Royal United Services Institute in London.

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