Tech leaders sign global pledge against autonomous weapons
https://phys.org/news/2018-07-tech-leaders-global-pledge-autonomous.html
Corporate signatories include Google DeepMind, University College London, the XPRIZE Foundation, ClearPath Robotics/OTTO Motors, the European Association for AI, and the Swedish AI Society. Individuals include head of research at Google.ai Jeff Dean, AI pioneers Stuart Russell, Yoshua Bengio, Anca Dragan and Toby Walsh, and British Labour MP Alex Sobel.
The pledge, organised by the Future of Life Institute, challenges governments, academia and industry to follow their lead, saying: "We, the undersigned, call upon governments and government leaders to create a future with strong international norms, regulations and laws against lethal autonomous weapons. ... We ask that technology companies and organisations, as well as leaders, policymakers, and other individuals, join us in this pledge."