http://m.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2016...Seriously.
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Weapons that can be programmed to autonomously kill without human input are 'a decade or so away,' a top Pentagon official says. What to do about that is a question causing deep disagreement.
The idea behind the Terminator films – specifically, that a Skynet-style military network becomes self-aware, sees humans as the enemy, and attacks – isn’t too far-fetched, one of the nation’s top military officers said this week.
Nor is that kind of autonomy the stuff of the distant future. “We’re a decade or so away from that capability,” said Gen. Paul Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
If only you knew how bad things really are.