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The Campaign to stop killer robots was launched in 2013 (Photo: Campaign to Stop Killer Robots)

AI experts tell MEPs ban on 'killer robots' is unrealistic

A panel of defence and artificial intelligence (AI) experts on Wednesday (10 October) poured cold water on the feasibility of an international a ban on autonomous weapons systems, requested by a majority of the European Parliament last month.

Wendy Anderson, a former civil servant from the Obama administration and researcher at the Center for a New American Security, was assertive in her views.

"I don't think bans work. I'm just a realist on this," said the American researcher.

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