Why a treaty on ‘killer robots’ would not stop ‘human safaris’…

UN negotiators have until the end of this year to agree a legally binding instrument on autonomous weapons, built around the principle that humans must stay in control of lethal decisions. In southern Ukraine, human operators use that control to hunt civilians. On 4 August, a Russian drone hunted a street trader through a market in Kherson. Yuriy, 52, had begun laying out crates of tomatoes, cucumbers and aubergines beside his van when he heard the familiar buzzing overhead. His ... Read more...