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The case for banning killer robots: counterpoint

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      cover image Communications of the ACM
      Communications of the ACM  Volume 58, Issue 12
      December 2015
      115 pages
      ISSN:0001-0782
      EISSN:1557-7317
      DOI:10.1145/2847579
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      • Moshe Y. Vardi
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