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Artificial intelligence researchers must learn ethics
Scientists who build artificial intelligence and autonomous systems need a strong ethical understanding of the impact their work could have.
More than 100 technology pioneers recently published an open letter to the United Nations on the topic of lethal autonomous weapons, or “killer robots”.
These people, including the entrepreneur Elon Musk and the founders of several robotics companies, are part of an effort that began in 2015.
The original letter called for an end to an arms race that it claimed could be the “third revolution in warfare, after gunpowder and nuclear