Killer Drones

 NY Times: As A.I.-Controlled Killer Drones Become Reality, Nations Debate Limits - Worried about the risks of robot warfare, some countries want new legal constraints, but the U.S. and other major powers are resistant. By Eric Lipton Reporting from the United Nations

...the United States, China and a handful of other nations make rapid progress in developing and deploying new technology that has the potential to reshape the nature of warfare by turning life and death decisions over to autonomous drones equipped with artificial intelligence programs.