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The new fog of war

Robot ethics won’t clean up combat

By Peter Warren Singer
February 5, 2012
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Today, a new technology has emerged in war. The US military has more than 7,000 unmanned systems in the air (commonly called “drones’’) and another 12,000 on the ground. And, so we shouldn’t be surprised that the same arguments of how technology can make war easier, safer, and cleaner are emerging once more. Robot Ethics Don’t Solve the Mess of War

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