Guterres calls for ban on autonomous ‘killer robots’
The UN secretary-general urged prohibition of lethal autonomous weapons in an Al Jazeera interview.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for a ban on autonomous weapons sometimes described as killer robots, according to Al Jazeera.
The appeal was made in an episode of the network’s On the Record program. The supplied excerpt does not set out the legal framework Guterres favors or a timetable for negotiations.
The statement adds the UN chief’s voice to international debate over whether machines should be allowed to select and engage targets without direct human control.
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