Elon Musk calls on UN to ban AI 'killer robots' in open letter

The UN has received a stark warning from the Future of Life Institute, in an open letter that was signed by more than 100 leaders in the AI industry. Technological advances in the artificial intelligence (AI) field are developing at a rapid rate, and, while AI is being used in innovative and helpful ways, there are just as many dangers and ethical quandaries to consider. In an open letter published today (August 21), a group of AI specialists and experts from 26 countries implored the United Nations (UN) to ban the development and use of autonomous weapons. The signatories called for autonomous weapons systems to be included in the banned weapons list, under the UN's Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, which was enforced in 1983. 'We do not have long to act.