Editing Military robot (section)

===Risks===
{{See also|Lethal autonomous weapon|Campaign to Stop Killer Robots}}

Human rights groups and NGOs such as [[Human Rights Watch]] and the [[Campaign to Stop Killer Robots]] have started urging governments and the [[United Nations]] to issue policy to outlaw the development of so-called "lethal autonomous weapons systems" (LAWS).<ref>{{Cite web|title = UN urged to ban 'killer robots' before they can be developed|url = https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/apr/09/un-urged-to-ban-killer-robots-before-they-can-be-developed|website = the Guardian|access-date = 2015-07-28|first = Owen Bowcott|last = Bowcott| date=9 April 2015 |url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150728141842/http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/apr/09/un-urged-to-ban-killer-robots-before-they-can-be-developed|archive-date = 2015-07-28}}</ref> The United Kingdom opposed such campaigns, with the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|Foreign Office]] declaring that  "international humanitarian law already provides sufficient regulation for this area".<ref>{{Cite web|title = UK opposes international ban on developing 'killer robots'|url = https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/13/uk-opposes-international-ban-on-developing-killer-robots|website = the Guardian|access-date = 2015-07-28|first = Owen|last = Bowcott| date=13 April 2015 |url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150729155633/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/13/uk-opposes-international-ban-on-developing-killer-robots|archive-date = 2015-07-29}}</ref>

In July 2015, over 1,000 experts in artificial intelligence signed a letter calling for a ban on autonomous weapons. The letter was presented in [[Buenos Aires]] at the 24th [[International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence]] (IJCAI-15) and was co-signed by [[Stephen Hawking]], [[Elon Musk]], [[Steve Wozniak]], [[Noam Chomsky]], [[Skype]] co-founder [[Jaan Tallinn]] and [[Google DeepMind]] co-founder [[Demis Hassabis]], among others.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Musk, Wozniak and Hawking urge ban on warfare AI and autonomous weapons|url = https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/27/musk-wozniak-hawking-ban-ai-autonomous-weapons|website = the Guardian|access-date = 2015-07-28|first = Samuel|last = Gibbs| date=27 July 2015 |url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150727191223/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/27/musk-wozniak-hawking-ban-ai-autonomous-weapons|archive-date = 2015-07-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Musk, Hawking Warn of Artificial Intelligence Weapons|url = https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/07/27/musk-hawking-warn-of-artificial-intelligence-weapons/|website = WSJ Blogs - Digits|date = 2015-07-27|access-date = 2015-07-28|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150728173944/http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/07/27/musk-hawking-warn-of-artificial-intelligence-weapons/|archive-date = 2015-07-28}}</ref>