So, Elon Musk wants to ban AI from military weapons? No chance, argues Peter Cochrane

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Intelligence, whether artificial or not, will always find its way to the top regardless of the barriers we try to put in its way, warns BT's former CTO Peter Cochrane

Elon Musk and Mustafa Suleyman, along with more than 100 artificial intelligence (AI) specialists, recently petitioned the United Nations (UN) to ban autonomous AI/robotic weapons. The UN has al...

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