Scientists warn future with tiny flying killing drones called 'slaughterbots'

Tiny flying drones, dubbed'slaughterbots', with facial recognition software and weapons capable of mass murder could be the future of warfare. A group of professors have warned the technology is already available to create flying mini killing machines. The Future of Life Institute (FLI), an artificial intelligence watchdog backed by the likes of physicist Stephen Hawking, has produced this chilling video demonstrating how these'slaughterbots' could kill thousands of people. The film is a vision of a dystopian future where tiny drones equipped with explosives, cameras, sensors and face scanners can programmed to carry out deathly instructions by either governments or terrorists. The UN Convention on Conventional Weapons summit in Geneva screened the film and also was heard stark warnings about the growing danger of drone warfare.