Slaughterbot Autonomous Killer Drones, Technology

Perhaps the most nightmarish, dystopian film of 2017 didn t come from Hollywood. Autonomous weapons critics, led by a college professor, put together a horror show. It s a sevenminute video, a collaboration between University of CaliforniaBerkeley professor Stuart Russell and the Future of Life Institute that shows a future in which palmsized, autonomous drones use facial recognition technology and onboard explosives to commit untraceable massacres. The film is the researchers latest attempt to build s