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Have autonomous robots started killing in war? The reality is messier than it appears

The Verge

It says humans and vehicles were attacked by a mix of drones, quadcopters, and “loitering munitions” (we’ll get to those later), and that the quadcopters had been programmed to work offline. Autonomous drone attacked soldiers in Libya all on its own,” read one headline. And why is this incident in Libya special?

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