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In November, an organisation to stop autonomous weapons . In it, a fictional spokesman for small, weaponised drones reaches out to grab one that鈥檚 hovering nearby. The drone easily evades him. 鈥淗ell of a pilot?鈥 asks the man. 鈥淣o, that skill is all AI. It鈥檚 flying itself.鈥 He extends his palm and the drone gracefully lands on it.
The drone鈥檚 toolset includes cameras, sensors, face recognition and three grams of shaped explosive. The man throws the drone into the air and it zeroes in on a mannequin and blows a hole in its head. The…
