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SIDEBORG FRIDAY: AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS
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Welcome to the FYOSR SIDEBORG. We hope this will become a fortnightly feature where we chat about robot-related news. Today we look at autonomous weapons and ask the Stephen Murray Doom-O-Meter, "should we be worried?"
WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more
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NOTES
AUTONOMOUS WEAPON KILLS THREE
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/world/europe/russia-drones-autonomous-ai-kill-ukraine-war.html
PROBLEMS WITH AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS
https://www.stopkillerrobots.org/stop-killer-robots/facts-about-autonomous-weapons/
MPS CALL FOR NEW LAW TO ADDRESS AI THREATS TO HUMAN RIGHTS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyzvgj70y4o
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