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Adam Bannister is a contributor to IFSEC Global, having been in the role of Editor from 2014 through to November 2019. Adam also had stints as a journalist at cybersecurity publication, The Daily Swig, and as Managing Editor at Dynamis Online Media Group.
March 1, 2019
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WATCH: Autonomous killer drones “terrifyingly easy” to make
It’s “terrifyingly easy” to make drones that can identify and fire weapons at targets – independently of human control, experts have warned.
Hundreds of videos explaining how to rig a variety of guns onto drones are freely available on YouTube.
Professor Noel Sharkey, co-founder of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots and the International Committee for Robot Arms Control, told the SunOnline that the government had been warned about a “massive hole in our security” since 2007.
“We cannot be playing catch up like this. Our government security is not prepared.” Professor Noel Sharkey, Campaign to Stop Killer Robots
“What I’m mainly concerned about is the possibility of a terror attack as ISIS already has this technology. We cannot be playing catch up like this. Our government security is not prepared.”
Watch the video below to find out more.
WATCH: Autonomous killer drones “terrifyingly easy” to makeAI and security experts are increasingly concerned that terrorists could target airports, concert venues, sports stadia and government buildings – perhaps even unleashing chemicals.
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