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Dockrill provides a valuable analysis of why these two students receive such a huge public backlash in response to their research. The artificial intelligence, Arnold, was specifically bred to kill humans in a first-person shooter video game. If the AI ever reached the real world, it would be a catastrophe. A literal killing machine running rampant with plenty of targets is the worst case scenario. This can be used as support to the U.N. General Assembly, 68th session. An AI that could not be held accountable for its actions was bad enough. Now imagine an AI that could not be held responsible for the massacre of hundreds, possibly thousands of people. A horrible outcome most people would rather not risk; therefore, they would be more inclined

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