The US Army wants us to pretend autonomous tanks aren't killer robots

There's been a recent hullabaloo over the US Army developing killer robots, but we're here to set you straight. The US Army's "Advanced Targeting and Lethality Automated System" (ATLAS) project isn't what you think. I know it sounds bad, but if you ignore every other word it's actually quite palatable. "Advanced and Automated" sounds pretty good doesn't it? Those are probably the only words you should focus on. The US Army just happens to be simultaneously developing "optionally-manned" tanks and soliciting white papers for a fully autonomous targeting system capable of bringing a weapon to bear on both vehicle and individual personnel targets.