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June 11, 2013

Killer Robots: From Sci-Fi to Reality

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by Brendan Welsh During the event called, “Determined to Save Succeeding Generations from the Scourge of War,” organized by the UN Department of Public Information and the Permanent Mission of Switzerland, Nobel Laureate Jody Williams, founder of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, expressed her concern over Lethal Autonomous Robots (LARs). Whereas a human controls… Read more »

June 10, 2013

To Save Succeeding Generations from the Scourge of War

Posted 9:14pm

by Anna Folz On June 6, 2013, I attended a briefing titled, “Determined to Save Succeeding Generations from the Scourge of War”. The title comes from the opening line of the UN Charter. There were four speakers on the panel and each touched upon different aspects of war. Before the speakers started a video was… Read more »