The advancement of technology does not only do good but also inflicts harm in times of war and conflict. Killers robot programs are now being developed by different countries, and among the leaders of these countries, no one is willing to sign even a temporary ban.
The rise of killer robots, which is similar to the Terminator-style arms race have persuaded the leading AI researchers and Silicon Valley leaders to call for a ban.
Although United Nations is planning to have a dialogue with the different experts on lethal weapons, specifically killer robots, this may be a big challenge to convince the governments to take part in signing the ban agreement.
Last year in October, the Chatman House Think Tank has presented a scenario in front of 25 experts demonstrating China using autonomous drone aircraft to strike a naval base in Vietnam. The different experts represented the European countries, the US and Israel, however, the results were not positive.
No country was willing to sign for a temporary ban on the development or use of killer robot systems. Based on the scenario, the countries are not abandoning their killer robots, but are willing to deploy similar weapons.
The national governments are not favor of any evaluation to be conducted to assess the performance of their autonomous weapons. The governments have debated that the evaluation would threaten their military security.
Since the governments are not interested in banning killer robot programs, the question is who would stand against the rise of killer robots? It is reported that several NGOs are aggressive to implement the killer robot ban. There are already 14 countries that are siding with the NGOs, including South Korea, Japan, Canada, and Norway.