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A drone that can strike people based on facial recognition is technically feasible (Photo: Ricardo Gomez Angel)

'Killer robots' are not about Terminator

Photo editors of news media worldwide must have had a field day on Monday (21 August), when selecting an image to accompany the news that technology experts warned the world of killer robots.

Elon Musk, a billionaire CEO of space and electric car companies, and more than a hundred other technology company leaders published an open letter, warning against an arms race involving lethal autonomous weapon systems.

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A drone that can strike people based on facial recognition is technically feasible (Photo: Ricardo Gomez Angel)

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