Thursday, February 28, 2008

Terrorist Robots Pose Latest Militant Threat

eWeek reports: "Killer robots could become the weapon of choice for militants, a British expert said on Wednesday.

Noel Sharkey, professor of artificial intelligence and robotics at the University of Sheffield, said he believed falling costs would soon make robots a realistic option for extremist groups."

Any technology can used or abused for any purpose, terrorist use cars as weapons all the time. Why choose to be scared or robots?

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