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It seems that with increasing sophisticated technology in the near future we will have ‘terminator’ type robots carrying out their own search and kill missions. Robot soldiers that can decide who to attack will soon be roaming the world’s battlefields if something isn’t done about the global ‘robot arms race’. This is a chilling prediction from scientists.

Robots could also become terrorist’s weapon of choice in the future. And the thing is the technology is already out there and being used and it will be fairly easy to copy. How long is it going to be before the terrorists get in on the act? Over 4,000 robots are currently deployed on the ground in Iraq and by October 2006 unmanned aircraft had flown 400,000 flight hours.  At the moment, humans can make the decision whether to attack or not but a recent policy shift in the U.S means that ‘intelligent’ autonomous attack robots will soon be given the power to decide who and when to kill.

Sounds very chilling to me. Smart robots without any feelings…you could write a Hollywood script about that.

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