# The kill decision shouldn't belong to a robot

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2013
- Speaker: Daniel Suarez
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Literature and writing
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_suarez_the_kill_decision_shouldn_t_belong_to_a_robot)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

As a novelist, Daniel Suarez spins dystopian tales of the future. But on the TEDGlobal stage, he talks us through a real-life scenario we all need to know more about: the rise of autonomous robotic weapons of war. Advanced drones, automated weapons and AI-powered intelligence-gathering tools, he suggests, could take the decision to make war out of the hands of humans.

## Lectures

1. [The kill decision shouldn't belong to a robot](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/daniel_suarez_the_kill_decision_shouldn_t_belong_to_a_robot/781fe6cf3d62), 14 min (TED's player)