Sorry, Banning ‘Killer Robots’ Just Isn’t Practical
Sorry, Banning ‘Killer Robots’ Just Isn’t Practical
Business, Spoken · SpokenLayer
August 29, 20175m 32s
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Show Notes
Late Sunday, 116 entrepreneurs including Elon Musk released a letter to the United Nations warning of the dangerous “Pandora’s Box” presented by weapons that make their own decisions about when to kill. Publications including the Guardian and Washington Post ran headlines saying Musk and his cosigners had called for a “ban” on “killer robots.” Those headlines were misleading.
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