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Before people send us their latest dissertations about fully autonomous weapons, yes, some benighted souls are working on such technologies. You’ll find some discussions of the ethics of AI in this book, but for the most part, the book focuses on positive, helpful uses of AI to aid humans, rather than kill them, because most AI research reflects these uses. You can find articles on the pros and cons of AI online, such as the Towards Data Science article at https://towardsdatascience.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-artificial-intelligence-182a5ef6588c and the Emerj article at https://emerj.com/ai-sector-overviews/autonomous-weapons-in-the-military/.

If you really must scare yourself, you can find all sorts of sites, such as https://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/resources/fact-sheets/critical-issues/7972-fully-autonomous-weapons, that discuss the issue of fully autonomous weapons in some depth. Sites such as Campaign to Stop Killer Robots (https://www.stopkillerrobots.org/) can also fill in some details for you. We do encourage you to sign the letter banning autonomous weapons at https://futureoflife.org/open-letter-autonomous-weapons/ — there truly is no need for them.

However, it’s important to remember that bans against space-based, chemical, and certain laser weapons all exist. Countries recognize that these weapons don’t solve anything. Countries will also likely ban fully autonomous weapons simply because the citizenry won’t stand for killer robots. The bottom line is that the focus of this book is on helping you understand machine learning in a positive light.