Killer robots declared 'existential human threat' by expert who fears fatal AI uprising

Dr Ian Pearson, an ex-cybernetics engineer, says our species risks a future "robot uprising". The futurologist said manufacturers who do not follow guidelines risk leaving robots to turn against us. He told Daily Star Online: "Military robots obviously would be able to kill people, but only a few. "To be an existential threat, there would need to be many millions of them that have become a threat without anyone noticing, and that seems unlikely. "Although again, it assumes a modicum of intelligence in regulation. "Robots plus online AI is a different threat.