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Autonomous weapons are being trained to make decisions in seconds. But wars are messy. People (both civilians and military personnel) move between geographical locations. Environments change. Autonomous weapons cannot always keep up. Without a human in control, these autonomous weapon systems might attack the wrong target or fail to stop when circumstances change during war. Unlike humans, they do not understand circumstances or feel the need to double-check before they strike. That is what makes keeping humans in the decision process so important.

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