Musk, Wozniak and Hawking urge ban on warfare AI and autonomous weapons
by Samuel Gibbs from on (#FJAF)
More than 1,000 experts and leading robotics researchers sign open letter warning of military artificial intelligence arms race
Over 1,000 high-profile artificial intelligence experts and leading researchers have signed an open letter warning of a "military artificial intelligence arms race" and calling for a ban on "offensive autonomous weapons".
The letter, presented at the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was signed by Tesla's Elon Musk, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Google DeepMind chief executive Demis Hassabis and professor Stephen Hawking along with 1,000 AI and robotics researchers.
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