The Future Of Killer Robots THINK June 30, 2016 As artificial intelligence becomes more refined, autonomous weapons systems could soon become a reality. This hour on Think, in light of recent advances in autonomous robot technology , we’ll talk about the ethics of reducing human involvement in war – and whether we should preemptively ban these machines. Our guest is Michael C. Horowitz, associate professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. His essay “ Ban Killer Robots? How About Defining Them First ” appears in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists