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Episode 29 - "War Machine" International calls to ban autonomous weapon systems have done little to slow the escalating arms race between nations to acquire weapons of the so called third revolution in warfare - or simply "killer robots." The intersection of AI, deep learning, and lethal weaponry presents a future of war unlike any the world has ever seen. In the crosshairs of this new frontier of violence we find moral accountability, the ethics of killing, and of course the comforting lullaby that we have any meaningful control over our world. What will war become when all the warriors are replaced by weapons that "think" but do not feel? Listen in this week to find out. 5:10 Arms Race for LAWS 8:28 Autonomous Weapons: This Time It's Different 15:47 Calling for a Ban 28:46 Robot Dystopian Future #1 32:03 Is Technology Just a Tool? 39:30 Robot Dystopian Future #2 42:22 War Business and Following Orders 47:12 Robot Dystopian Future #3 55:46 Robot Overlords 58:31 Sitting on a Man 1:01:14 Culture that Outpa