Welcome to the world of killer robots

Although cyborg assassins won’t be arriving from the future anytime soon, offensive “Terminator-style” autonomous robots that are programmed to kill could soon escape Hollywood science fiction and become reality. This actual rise of the machines raises important strategic, moral, and legal questions about whether the international community should empower robots to kill, and if so, what could be the consequences and how to regulate them.

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Graduate Institute Geneva Institutional Repository (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)
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2025-09-19
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https://doi.org/10.71609/iheid-jvdn-cq67
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Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
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Welcome to the world of killer robots

Graduate Institute Geneva Institutional Repository (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)
Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
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Welcome to the world of killer robots

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Abstract

Although cyborg assassins won’t be arriving from the future anytime soon, offensive “Terminator-style” autonomous robots that are programmed to kill could soon escape Hollywood science fiction and become reality. This actual rise of the machines raises important strategic, moral, and legal questions about whether the international community should empower robots to kill, and if so, what could be the consequences and how to regulate them.

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