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Drones Moving Us Towards 'Terminator-like' World, Says Ministry of Defense

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The increased use of unmanned aircraft in conflict zones makes war more likely, and risks creating a 'Terminator-like' world, the Ministry of Defence has warned.

It said that using robots to carry out wars for us could be unethical - as Britain continues to use unmanned drones in Afghanistan.

In the Terminator movies by director James Cameron robots have developed a consciousness and hunt down and kill humans.

Fearing that this could become a reality, the internal report says we must act now to decide what is 'acceptable machine behaviour'.

There is increasing unrest about the use of unmanned drones in Afghanistan - and the Ministry of Defence suggests there could be both legal and moral issues with using pilotless planes.

The drones have killed 124 people in the war-torn country since July 2008, David Cameron revealed in December

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1377989/Unmanned-aircraft-moving-Termina...

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