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Detailed explanation-1: -The United Nations has been hosting diplomatic talks in Geneva since 2017 aimed at reaching an agreement on how to address the use of killer robots.

Detailed explanation-2: -Which countries are currently developing killer robots? The United States, China, Israel, South Korea, Russia, and the UK are all developing weapons systems with significant autonomy in the critical functions of selecting and attacking targets. This represents a dangerous new arms race for autonomous weapons.

Detailed explanation-3: -They found that there are five world leaders in the development of autonomous weaponry-the United States, China, Russia, South Korea, and the European Union-and they’re each pouring billions of dollars into this arms race.

Detailed explanation-4: -Central to this fast-evolving domain are autonomous combat systems, officially known as lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS)-or, colloquially, “killer robots.” These uncrewed systems use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithms to autonomously identify and destroy a target.

Detailed explanation-5: -Lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) are a special class of weapon systems that use sensor suites and computer algorithms to independently identify a target and employ an onboard weapon system to engage and destroy the target without manual human control of the system.