Swarms of palm-sized quadcopters perform kamikaze attacks using tiny explosives to kill selected people using facial-recognition software and social media big-data analysis. News footage shows attacks on U.S. senators, student protesters, and hundreds of other civilians worldwide. Is this the trailer for a new science fiction blockbuster movie? No, this graphic, fictional scenario of a dystopian near-future is the video “Slaughterbots,” produced by the Future of Life Institute, a nonprofit organization fixated on the dangers of artificial intelligence.

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