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764:"Google Is Helping the Pentagon Build AI for Drones"
541:"U.S., Russia Impede Steps to Ban 'Killer Robots'"
502:"U.S., Russia Impede Steps to Ban 'Killer Robots'"
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919:"Hektisk nomineringsaktivitet før fredsprisfrist"
787:Shane, Scott; Wakabayashi, Daisuke (2018-04-04).
443:"Stopping killer robots and other future threats"
131:In June 2018, Kate Conger, then a journalist for
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228:Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
213:International Committee for Robot Arms Control
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821:"AI at Google: our principles"
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412:"Do Killer Robots Save Lives?"
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