http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40996009 Musk warns of 'killer robot' arms race  BBC News - 1h ago Elon Musk and other technology leaders have issued a stark warning about so-called "killer robots", urging the United Nations to act to prevent a high-tech arms race.
This was answered already: https://what-if.xkcd.com/5/
Elon isn't really the kind of person that makes bogus off the cuff statements. Maybe there is something to what he's saying. Also, considering who he is, he may know a thing or two that the average person does not.
self guided missile meets his definition of autonomous killer robots. People have been using them for decades. This is just fear mongering
What he is saying is very possible,better to prevent and prepare rather than repent and repair
Total BS. Never gonna happen. Why would a robot even care about killin humen. I would only be concerned with this technology in the hands of the wrong side.. aka. ISIS and shit like that
Why wouldn't it happen? The US already has military drones, it's not that far a leap that they would be able to operate without a human involved.
But whats their motive to kill? Why would they care to autonomosly kill the human race. They might attack a certain goal. But not random shot