Seminar on "Killer Robots"The lethal Autonomous Weapons( LAW)- A Treat to Humankind
WPD- Nepal organized a
round table seminar on "Killer robots: The lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAW)-
a treat to humankind. On February 24th 2022 at Hotel Ambassador,
Kathmandu. The conference was attended by
participants from various educational institutes such as Universal college
Maitidevi, Acme Engineering college, Sitapila, Kathmandu Engineering College,
Kalimati, Institute of engineering- Pulchowk campus. The attendees belonged to
various Information technologies backgrounds, Members of the Robotics Association
of Nepal. A round table discussion was conducted focusing on “Challenges of Killer
Robots” moderated by Shobha Pradhan Shrestha, Executive Chair, WPD- Nepal,
where 4 presenters from the different educational institutes, addressed their
perspective regarding the pros and cons of "Killer Robots" and how it
can have an adverse effect in mankind. The Program concluded by engaging all
the participants in the signature campaign along with many fruitful discussions
regarding the impact that killer Robots could have in developing countries like
Nepal and the identification of Human Civilization as a whole.This conference
was tremendously effective in a better understanding of the novice term "
Killer Robot" among the participants. The outcomes of the conference
provided proper guidelines for further advocacy and propagation of the emerging
and existing issue of 'Killer Robots'.
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