Is humanity ready for a real-life “Terminator”? The future of war will involve autonomous robots instead of humans, according to Air Force General and Vice Chair of the Joint of Chiefs of Staff Paul Selva, who warned enemies could build “Terminator”-like machines to fight in battlefields. Speaking at the think-tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington,
Selva said the technology could be developed in 10 years – and that the world’s biggest military should punish anyone who pursues such weapons. “This is about an entirely robotic system, completely autonomous, [that is] not dependent on the human decision,” Selva said. “We’re told by the technologists that we’re a decade or so away from that capability.” CONTINUE
