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♤ LARs are weapon systems that, once activated, can select and engage targets without further human intervention.
♤ They have not yet been deployed in wars or other conflicts, but the technology to produce them is very much in reach.
♤ It’s just a matter of taking the human decision-maker out of the hurly-burly of the immediate “kill loop” and leaving the firing decision to algorithms.
♤ A lethal autonomous robot can aim better, target better, select better, and in general be a better asset with the linked ISR [intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance] packages it can run.
♤ According to United Nations "Killer robots" that could attack targets autonomously without a human pulling the trigger pose a threat to international stability and should be banned before they come into existence.
♤ Machines lack morality and as a result should not have life and death powers over humans.