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Nonprofit group Human Rights Watch released a report this week calling for a worldwide ban on all fully autonomous weapons.
The 50-page report, called "Losing Humanity: The Case Against Killer Robots," acknowledges that while fully autonomous weapons are not quite yet a reality, current trends -- like the increased use of drones and unmanned vehicles by governments -- are heading down that route.
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The group warns that further advancement of autonomous weaponry would eventually lead to a lack of human controls -- the kind of controls that "provide legal and non-legal checks on the killing of civilians."
Watch the video up top to learn more. What are your thoughts on fully autonomous weaponry?
