The Computing Department’s very own Prof Mark Bishop has appeared in New Scientist this week where he has been interviewed about the development and potential (mis)use of military killer robots. Mark argues that a ban on these kind of weapons is essential.  Read the online version of the article (by Simon Makin) here. 

Mark Bishop is professor of cognitive computing at Goldsmiths, University of London, and chairs the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour