{"id":412204,"date":"2017-08-21T06:19:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T06:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/21\/experts-warn-of-third-revolution-in-warfare\/"},"modified":"2017-08-21T06:19:46","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T06:19:46","slug":"experts-warn-of-third-revolution-in-warfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/21\/experts-warn-of-third-revolution-in-warfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts warn of \u2018third revolution in warfare\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">&#13;<br \/>\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.4.4--><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">More than 100 leading robotics experts are urging the United Nations to take action in order to prevent the development of \u201ckiller robots\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to the organisation, artificial intelligence (AI) leaders, including billionaire Elon Musk, warn of \u201ca third revolution in warfare\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The letter says \u201clethal autonomous\u201d technology is a \u201cPandora\u2019s box\u201d, adding that time is of the essence.<\/p>\n<p>The 116 experts are calling for a ban on the use of AI in managing weaponry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce developed, they will permit armed conflict to be fought at a scale greater than ever, and at times scales faster than humans can comprehend,\u201d the letter says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese can be weapons of terror, weapons that despots and terrorists use against innocent populations, and weapons hacked to behave in undesirable ways,\u201d it adds.<\/p>\n<p>There is an urgent tone to the message from the technology leaders, who warn that \u201cwe do not have long to act\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce this Pandora\u2019s box is opened, it will be hard to close.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Experts are calling for what they describe as \u201cmorally wrong\u201d technology to be added to the list of weapons banned under the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW).<\/p>\n<p>Along with Tesla co-founder and chief executive Mr Musk, the technology leaders include Mustafa Suleyman, Google\u2019s DeepMind co-founder.<\/p>\n<p>A UN group focusing on autonomous weaponry was scheduled to meet on Monday but the meeting has been postponed until November, according to the group\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>A potential ban on the development of \u201ckiller robot\u201d technology has previously been discussed by UN committees.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, more than 1,000 tech experts, scientists and researchers wrote a letter warning about the dangers of autonomous weaponry.<\/p>\n<p>Among the signatories of the 2015 letter were scientist Stephen Hawking, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Mr Musk.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">What is a \u2018killer robot\u2019?<\/h2>\n<p>A killer robot is a fully autonomous weapon that can select and engage targets without human intervention. They do not currently exist but advances in technology are bringing them closer to reality.<\/p>\n<p>Those in favour of killer robots believe the current laws of war may be sufficient to address any problems that might emerge if they are ever deployed, arguing that a moratorium, not an outright ban, should be called if this is not the case.<\/p>\n<p>However, those who oppose their use believe they are a threat to humanity and any autonomous \u201ckill functions\u201d should be banned.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; More than 100 leading robotics experts are urging the United Nations to take action in order to prevent the development of \u201ckiller robots\u201d. 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The letter says \u201clethal autonomous\u201d technology is a \u201cPandora\u2019s box\u201d, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":407684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-412204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Experts warn of \u2018third revolution in warfare\u2019 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/21\/experts-warn-of-third-revolution-in-warfare\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Experts warn of \u2018third revolution in warfare\u2019 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"&#013; More than 100 leading robotics experts are urging the United Nations to take action in order to prevent the development of \u201ckiller robots\u201d. 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