Sentences with phrase «by killer robots»

Usually this comes in the form of horrific doom as mankind is wiped out by killer robots or some terrible plague.

I love the environments and light - hearted feel despite the setting of a bleak world overrun by killer robots.

Your new favorite sport - type - thing, Disco Dodgeball Remix offers up a crazily intense mix of arena - based first - person shooter and classic dodgeball — all played by killer robots whose lethality is only surpassed by their charm.

It's very difficult to save someone when there's a riot going on around you or you're being hunted by a killer robot.

Not exact matches

YouTube clips of Google's killer robots jumping on tables and doing back flips in top secret lab operated by Dr. Evil wannabes are unsettling.

The argument espoused by David Hambling, that having autonomous killer robots is no different to autonomous vehicles making life - and - death decisions,...

Assaulted by all manner of killer machines and robots, the mercenaries must make their way through the tumultuous landscape, activate an inter-dimensional communication device, communicate with otherworldly aliens, and bring about a new age of enlightenment and prosperity for a dystopian galactic civilization.

Watching the movie today — which was quite a hit back then — one is struck by how naturalistic it all seems, especially when one considers that Crichton made his name with movies featuring resurrected man - eater dinosaurs (Jurassic Park) and killer cowboy robots (Westworld).

This device gets used in a few ways to solve traversal puzzles involving the typically super powerful sci - fi fans but can also be used to hack the killer robots normally used by the opposing forces.

The Taranis military drone built by the UK's BAE Systems can technically operate entirely autonomously, according to Walsh, who said killer robots made everyone less safe, even in a dangerous neighbourhood.

The first article by the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs on what she says «many now call killer robots,» a challenge requiring «some global standards.»

«Activists, UN put «killer robots» in the crosshairs» by Nidhi Subbaraman, NBC Future Tech, 29 Apr. 2013.

Members of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots this week called on the government of Canada to support the creation of new international law to pre-emptive ban fully autonomous weapons or «killer robots» as part of a new outreach effort by Mines Action Canada, a co-founder of the global Campaign to Stop Killer RKiller Robots this week called on the government of Canada to support the creation of new international law to pre-emptive ban fully autonomous weapons or «killer robots» as part of a new outreach effort by Mines Action Canada, a co-founder of the global Campaign to Stop Killer Rkiller robots» as part of a new outreach effort by Mines Action Canada, a co-founder of the global Campaign to Stop Killer RKiller Robots.

One day killer robots will be outlawed due to public concern and government action spurred on by civil society, including these AI experts and roboticists.

On 13 - 15 December, Main Committee II chaired by Ambassador Tudor Ulianovschi of the Republic of Moldova with vice-chair Ambassador Alice Guitton of France will prepare the draft mandate for future work on lethal autonomous weapons systems.The mandate will be based on recommendations agreed by states at the third CCW meeting on killer robots held in April 2016.

This paper opens with an introduction by the Caritas in Veritate Foundation and contains all of the Holy See's UN statements on killer robots.

Deadly Decisions — 8 objections to killer robots by PAX (formerly IKV Pax Christi), Feb. 2014.

An open letter signed by 137 founders of robotics and artificial intelligence companies from 28 countries urges the United Nations to urgently address the challenge of lethal autonomous weapons (often called killer robots).

This 49 - pp report responds to critics who have defended killer robots and challenged call for preemptive ban by providing detailed rebuttals to 16 key contentions.

«Killer robots must be stopped, say campaigners» by Tracy McVeigh, The Observer, 23 Feb. 2013.

The diplomatic agreement reached by nations on November 15 to begin addressing concerns about fully autonomous weapons or «killer robots» was the most significant milestone to date for the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, which is working to ensure that targeting and attack decisions are never relinquished to mackiller robots» was the most significant milestone to date for the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, which is working to ensure that targeting and attack decisions are never relinquished to macKiller Robots, which is working to ensure that targeting and attack decisions are never relinquished to machines.

The consensus of governments to take on killer robots also represents a recognition by the traditional Geneva - based disarmament diplomatic community that the Convention on Conventional Weapons should not become as moribund as the Conference on Disarmament, which has failed to do any substantive work since 1997.

He looks at the UN report by Christof Heyns and emphasizes the report's recommendation that a moratorium on these weapons is urgently undertaken, noting the report's finding that killer robots could «denigrate the value of life itself.»

«US killer robot policy: Full speed ahead» by Mark Gubrud in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist, 20 September 2013.

«UN report wants moratorium on killer robots» by Peter James Spielmann, Associated Press, 2 May 2013.

The December 2016 decision by the 125 states parties to the 1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) to formalize their deliberations on killer robots raised expectations that these talks would become more substantive.

This is something less than the absolute ban on killer robots proposed by Human Rights Watch, but it will set limits on what can be deployed.

This 32 - page report by Dutch non-governmental organization PAX, a co-founder of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, highlights eight objections to killer robots and explains why a comprehensive and pre-emptive ban on these weapons is neceKiller Robots, highlights eight objections to killer robots and explains why a comprehensive and pre-emptive ban on these weapons is necekiller robots and explains why a comprehensive and pre-emptive ban on these weapons is necessary.

An open letter authored by five Canadian experts in artificial intelligence research urges the Prime Minister to urgently address the challenge of lethal autonomous weapons (often called «killer robots») and to take a leading position against Autonomous Weapon Systems on the international stage at the upcoming UN meetings in Geneva.

The in - depth piece by science writer John Markoff is the outlet's first on the «killer robots» challenge since Bill Keller's -LSB-...]

The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots is holding a briefing on Wednesday, 11 June at 17:00 (5:00 pm) in Room XXII of Building E at the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva to look at human rights concerns with killer robots in advance of the 12 June presentation to the Human Rights Council of a new report on the matter by Professor Christof Heyns, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary execuKiller Robots is holding a briefing on Wednesday, 11 June at 17:00 (5:00 pm) in Room XXII of Building E at the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva to look at human rights concerns with killer robots in advance of the 12 June presentation to the Human Rights Council of a new report on the matter by Professor Christof Heyns, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary execukiller robots in advance of the 12 June presentation to the Human Rights Council of a new report on the matter by Professor Christof Heyns, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.

According to the campaign, the CCW is not the only place where «killer robots» should be considered, as the special challenges raised by these weapons systems have relevance to other multilateral fora.

The in - depth piece by science writer John Markoff is the outlet's first on the «killer robots» challenge since Bill Keller's reflections in March 2013 and Nick Cumming - Bruce's coverage of the May 2013 report by UN special rapporteur Christof Heyns, including his call for a moratorium.

Aug. 20: During the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) in Melbourne, Professor Toby Walsh released an open letter demanding a stronger response to concerns over killer robots signed by founders and directors of more than 100 AI and robotics companies.

In March 2017, two motions supporting the call to ban killer robots were introduced in Switzerland's lower house, the National Council, and supported by MPs from six parties including the Christian - Democrats, Conservative Democrats, Greens, and Liberals.

States again agreed again — by consensus — in November 2014 to continue the CCW deliberations on killer robots, scheduling a second «informal meeting of experts» on 13 - 17 April 2015.

More than 50 AI experts have boycotted a South Korean university, over fears that it could be looking to «accelerate the arms race» by building so - called «killer robots».

The fact that conferences like the one held by Chatham House are happening shows how the challenge of killer robots has vaulted to the top rank of traditional multilateral arms control and humanitarian disarmament, validating the importance and urgency of the issue and undercutting arguments that fully autonomous weapons are «inevitable» and «nothing to worry about.»

A declaration issued by the Nobel Peace Laureates at their Rome summit in December states, «we support the call for a pre-emptive ban on fully autonomous weapons (killer robots)-- weapons that would be able to select and attack targets without human intervention» and urges, «we must prevent this new form of inhumane warfare.»

The event opened with remarks by a «robot» and featured a panel with a president, a general, a former NATO head, and a representative from a coalition of the non-governmental organizations, the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots.

Resulting initiatives include the no «manpanels» initiative by campaign co-founder Article 36, which lists men who have pledged not to speak on all - male panels on humanitarian disarmament topics such as killer robots.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has issued a new edition of its quarterly journal International Review of the Red Cross, focused on new technologies and warfare and featuring articles by several members of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots: Dr. Peter Asaro of ICRAC on banning autonomous weapons systems, Prof. Noel Sharkey of ICRAC on autonomous robot warfare, and Richard Moyes and Thomas Nash of Article 36 on the role of civil society in the development of standards on new weapons.

The work on killer robots at the UN in New York has attracted strong media interest with articles by TIME World, Computer World (in German), Fast Company, NBC News, and VICE, an op ed in SBS News, and blog post by Just Security, Take Part, and Toward Freedom.

On Friday, 15 April, states attending the CCW meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems (another term for killer robots) agreed by consensus to recommend that deliberations on the topic continue with the formation of an open - ended Group of Governmental Experts.

In May, the EU recommended that killer robots be considered by the CCW and it participated in the CCW meeting, where it made another statement of support for the mandate.

More than 50 people attended a breakfast seminar on killer robots (drapsroboter in Norwegian) convened by the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies (NCHS) at the Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO).

At the side event convened by the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots on Monday, 21 October, Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams said, «I don't want to see robots operating on their own, armed with lethal weapons» and asked the audience, «Do we really want to go there?»

That's the emerging designation for so - called «killer robots» - weapons controlled by artificial intelligence that can target and strike without human intervention.

The decision by states at the CCW's Fifth Review Conference to formalize the process on killer robots that the CCW started in November 2013 demonstrates progress as it moves to the next level of deliberations.

An open letter, signed last year by 116 founders of robotics and artificial intelligence companies calling for a United Nations ban on killer robots states, «Lethal autonomous weapons threaten to become the third revolution in warfare.