CREDIT: Nick Royer https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
CREDIT: Nick Royer https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/

Interview with Robert Sparrow on Autonomous Weapon Systems and Respect in Warfare

Aug 16, 2016

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Professor Sparrow works on ethical issues raised by new technologies. Here he discusses Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS), often referred to as "killer robots." Unlike drones, which are remotely operated by humans, with AWS the robot itself determines who should live or die. What are the ethical arguments for and against these killing machines?

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Drone in Afghanistan, 2009. CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/david_axe/4094266433/">David Axe</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>)

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