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Killer robots are the latest terror. But there are so many takes on it! It\u2019s like Josef Goebbels\u2019<\/a>\u00a0dream to have so much material to work with. All the \u201cpossibilities\u201d and \u201cpredictions\u201d<\/a> just make you want to curl up in a ball and let the government handle everything!<\/p>\n The spokesman for Stop Killer Robots campaign then warned the consequences of deadly tech winding up in the wrong hands would lead to catastrophic consequences.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cAuthoritarian dictators getting a hold of these, who won\u2019t be held back by their soldiers not wanting to kill the population.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2026<\/p>\n \u201cThis capability is out there \u2013 scaling it up to swarms of drones doesn\u2019t need any huge inventive step, it\u2019s just a question of resources, time, and scale.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that\u2019s an absolute certainty that we should worry about.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Hmm\u2026 okay? Doesn\u2019t seem like dictators have had too many problems in the past getting their soldiers to kill the population. Automating death and destruction is certainly a scary thought though. World War One was a testament to the damage that soldiers can do with automatic guns, tanks, and chemical weapons. 20 million military and civilians died.<\/p>\n And yet, in the same time frame, the Spanish Flu swept across the globe killing at least 20 million people. Some estimates suggest upwards of 50 million deaths caused by the virus.<\/p>\n