future war
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Winner Of DARPA Robot Competition Partners With Weapons Company, AI Researchers Call For Boycott
Top researchers in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) have called for a boycott of the South Korean university KAIST after it opened a lab with the defence firm Hanwha Systems. Even if you’re not familiar with KAIST, you might know some of the school’s robots. The university won the top prize at the last…
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Remote-Controlled Tanks Of The 1930s Were Supposed To Save Lives On Both Sides
This Japanese-made, remote-controlled tank got tech nerds all excited in 1931. But it wasn’t just because they saw a new toy. Tech-minded folk of the early 1930s also saw a utopian solution to war. A solution where, ideally, fewer humans would have to die.