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Podcast: The AI in Business Podcast
Episode: A Global Call to Ban Autonomous Killer Robots for Good
Description: Over the last decade, many first-world militaries have developed, and in some cases deployed, autonomous "killer" robots. Some proponents believe that such robots will save human lives, but another side believes that an accidental arms race of this type would yield long-term detriments that outweigh any good. University of Sheffield's Dr. Noel Sharkey stands by the latter argument. As Co-Founder for the International Committee for Robot Arms Control, he has spent a good part of the last decade trying to create an international ban on such robots. In this episode, he speaks about the developments in the d...