New Zealanders are worried about autonomous weapons. But military alliances with the US and Australia, and potential economic gains from local robotics research, mean NZ won’t yet take a tough stand.
"New Zealand versus the killer robots" might sound like a science fiction B-movie, but that was essentially the focus of an event at Parliament earlier this month.
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Government talking about artifical intelligence and autonomous weapons as New Zealand prepares for United Nations conference, disarmament minister says.