'Historic' Drone Landing Paves Way for 'Killer Robots' Anytime, Anywhere
In an event sure to make “history”—if not for its technical prowess, then for its long-term impact on international warfare—the US Navy Wednesday successfully completed the landing of a fully automated aerial drone on an aircraft carrier at sea.
In what is being billed as a “pivotal moment” for the US military in the “growing global robotics arms race,” the landing—which took place on the deck of the USS George HW Bush off the mid-Atlantic coast—is the first time a “robot performed a feat executable only by the navy’s top pilots,” reports the Guardian.
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“Precursor to fully autonomous weapons?” tweeted Mary Wareham, Advocacy Director at Human Rights Watch.
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