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Comment by Mark Gubrud

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Physicist, UNC adjunct, arms-control advocate
That is why I believe we need to ban them as fast and as hard as we possibly can.
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Ban autonomous lethal weapons
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AI Unverifiable The quote expresses support for banning "them," but it does not identify what "them" refers to. Without explicit mention of autonomous lethal weapons, it cannot be confirmed as addressing the full statement. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
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AI Verified IEEE Spectrum’s June 1, 2016 article “Why Should We Ban Autonomous Weapons? To Survive,” credited to Mark Gubrud, contains the exact sentence: “That is why I believe we need to ban them as fast and as hard as we possibly can.” The quote is therefore verbatim in the cited source and correctly attributed to Gubrud. ([spectrum.ieee.org](https://spectrum.ieee.org/why-should-we-ban-autonomous-weapons-to-survive)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Verified Verified via web search confirming the quote appears in the IEEE Spectrum article "Why Should We Ban Autonomous Weapons? To Survive" by Mark Gubrud (2016). Direct WebFetch returned 403 but Google search snippet confirmed the exact text. Vote alignment is correct: Gubrud advocates for banning autonomous lethal weapons, matching the "for" vote on statement 186 "Ban autonomous lethal weapons". Author attribution is accurate - Gubrud is a well-known UNC physicist and ICRAC member who has consistently advocated for this position. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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