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  <title><![CDATA[Ron Arkin Discusses Why a Ban on Warfighting Robots is Premature]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>I’ve been engaged in the debate over autonomous robotic military systems for almost 10 years. I am not averse to a ban, but I’m convinced we should continue researching this technology for the time being. One reason is that I believe such systems might be capable of reducing civilian casualties and property damage when compared to the performance of human warfighters. Thus, it is a contention that&nbsp;<a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/why-we-really-should-ban-autonomous-weapons">calling for an outright ban on this technology</a>&nbsp;is premature, as some groups already are doing.</p>]]></body>
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      <url><![CDATA[http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/autonomous-robotic-weapons-could-reduce-civilian-casualties/]]></url>
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      <value><![CDATA[  Linda Wills ]]></value>
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      <value>2015-08-05</value>
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          <item><![CDATA[College of Computing]]></item>
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