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May 14, 2014 02:55 am GMT

UN Considers Banning Killer Robots

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The real world is quickly catching up to science fiction as elements that make up movies like Terminator and Robocop have officially become matters of international concern.

The United Nations is holding a meeting at its New York City headquarters to discuss the legality of autonomous killer robots from Tuesday to Friday. Semi-autonomous machines — in this case, mostly drones — have already killed thousands of humans, and world leaders believe that lethal, fully autonomous machines could follow soon enough to make them worth discussing.

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