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The obvious solution is to reduce military spending and apply those savings to a green technology initiative that reduces our dependency on fossil fuels, shrinks our carbon footprint, and creates jobs.
What Would a Green Industrial Strategy Look Like? Robert Pollin: Shifting spending from the military-industrial complex to a green economy would create more jobs and build a sustainable industrial base
The existence of such "killer robots" is worrying Christof Heyns, the United Nations envoy on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions. Presenting a report in Geneva, he called for a ban on developing robots which could identify and kill without any human input. "Time is of the essence. Trying to stop technology is a bit like trying to stop time itself - it moves on," he said. "Autonomous robots should be seen as neither a good thing nor a bad thing, [ Rich Walker, managing director of the Shadow Robot Company] told The Independent. "It's the way they are deployed."