Here's the real reason researchers issued a dire warning about weapons that can aim and fire all by themselves

An open letter, signed by more than a thousand top artificial intelligence researchers, urges the United Nations to ban autonomous weapons. The letter, presented at the 2015 International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Buenos Aires, Argentina, includes signatories like Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk alongside leading AI scientists like Stuart Russell and Google director of research Peter Norvig. The letter chillingly warns that, if developed, autonomous weapons would soon become ...