Not too long ago, a powerful collection of scientists, industry leaders and NGOs
launched the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, an activist group dedicated to preventing the development of lethal autonomous weapons systems. Among those that signed up for the cause: Stephen Hawking, Noam Chomsky, Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak.
Those high-profile names earned the cause a lot of attention and lent legitimacy to the notion that killer robots, once considered a science fiction fantasy, are actually a fast-approaching reality.
But are they, really? An intriguing study published in the International Journal of Cultural Studies takes a different approach to the idea of "killer robots" as a cultural concept. The researchers argue, in part, that even the most advanced robots are just machines, like anything else our species has ever made. If we're careful with the components we put in — both technologically and culturally — they won't just somehow turn on us in a future robot revolution. https://www.livescience.com/56985-stopping-killer-robots-at-the-source-code.html
