US rejects calls for regulating or banning killer robots

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  1. Fisherman's Worf

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    US rejects calls for regulating or banning ‘killer robots’

    The US has rejected calls for a binding agreement regulating or banning the use of “killer robots”, instead proposing a “code of conduct” at the United Nations.

    Speaking at a meeting in Geneva focused on finding common ground on the use of such so-called lethal autonomous weapons, a US official balked at the idea of regulating their use through a “legally-binding instrument”.

    The meeting saw government experts preparing for high-level talks at a review conference on the Convention of Certain Conventional Weapons from 13 to 17 December.

    “In our view, the best way to make progress ... would be through the development of a non-binding code of conduct,” US official Josh Dorosin told the meeting.

    The United Nations has been hosting diplomatic talks in Geneva since 2017 aimed at reaching an agreement on how to address the use of killer robots.

    More: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/02/us-rejects-calls-regulating-banning-killer-robots/

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    The US republican party and gun owners wants crazies and children to have guns. Why not killer robots? Why not make guns for housecats and dogs? We make them for trumpanzees like Kyle rittenhouse and the most recent child shooter. We give them to racist cops.

    Really why not? It is the right of every robot to wield a lethal weapon.
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    The international community: "This (latest murderous thing) seems to murder people. Perhaps we should stop this (latest murderous thing) from happening."
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