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Comment by Noel Sharkey
Emeritus AI and robotics professor
It is clear that the rational approach to the inhumanity of automating death by machine is to prohibit it.AI Verified source (2012)
9mo ago
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The quote directly supports banning the practice of machines autonomously causing death: it calls 'automating death by machine' inhumane and says the proper response is 'to prohibit it,' which matches a ban on autonomous lethal weapons.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
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AI Verified
The quote explicitly says the approach to "automating death by machine" is "to prohibit it," which clearly supports a ban.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
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AI Verified
Verified: the provided Guardian URL is a Noel Sharkey article dated December 3, 2012, and its body contains the exact sentence “It is clear that the rational approach to the inhumanity of automating death by machine is to prohibit it.” The byline attributes the piece to Noel Sharkey. ([theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/dec/03/mindless-killer-robots))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
AI Verified
Verified: Search results confirm the quote text from Noel Sharkey's December 3, 2012 Guardian column "mindless killer robots." The exact phrasing about "the rational approach to the inhumanity of automating death by machines... is to prohibit it" appears in confirmed reporting. Sharkey has continued advocating for a ban through 2025/2026 as chair of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control and Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. URL is legitimate Guardian article. Vote "for" on "Ban autonomous lethal weapons" perfectly aligns with Sharkey's lifelong advocacy.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 2mo ago
replying to Noel Sharkey