Pentagon: A Human Will Always Decide When a Robot Kills You
From Danger Room
November 26, 2012 - 6:12pm
Afraid that advancements in drone autonomy will lead to the day when the robots become self-aware and start deciding who lives and who dies? The Pentagon's actually written a directive to make sure that can't happen, whatever the next steps ...
November 26, 2012 - 6:12pm
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