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Swarming military drones bring new urgency to push for killer robot ban

July 12, 2021

With the untold risks inherent in military drone swarms, Canada must ratchet up efforts to ban killer robots and better regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for military purposes.

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Pandemic prevention, banning killer robots, and keeping outer space peaceful

June 7, 2021

From pandemic prevention to the final demise of the Open Skies Treaty, to the role that Canada should be playing in securing a ban on killer robots and on weapons in space, find out more in today’s blog.

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‘Killer Robots’ and the Future of War

July 20, 2015

Amanda Connolly, writing for iPolitics, discusses the potentially disturbing implications of so-called “killer robots” for modern warfare (“‘Killer robots’ could spark violence against Canadians, change global power balances: DND,” iPolitics, 19 July 2015). “One of the main arguments used by those supporting the development of lethal autonomous weapons — “killer robots”, to use the popular […]

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