Another view: time to consider the human dimension of using robots in warfare

Last month I posted a blog item headlined Autonomous arms race: gentlemen, start your robots, in which I took a university professor in Sheffield, England, named Noel Sharkey to task for views on military robotic technology he presented in a keynote address to the Royal United Services Institute. This morning I received a long and very thoughtful response, which I will let speak for itself.
March 26, 2008

Last month I posted a blog item headlined Autonomous arms race: gentlemen, start your robots, in which I took a university professor in Sheffield, England, named Noel Sharkey to task for views on military robotic technology he presented in a keynote address to the Royal United Services Institute. This morning I received a long and very thoughtful response, which I will let speak for itself.

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