Who cares?

Stephen Hawking Says Weapons Driven by Artificial Intelligence Should Be Banned

Throughout history, every attempt to ban a new weapon has failed. Every. Single. Time. So too will this one. We can either understand that and get a leg-up on the Russians, Chinks, and whoever else is already trying to build them, or we can sabotage ourselves with a treaty only we will follow and be even less safe than Dumbo has already made us.

I don't give a half-penny pony ride for what Steven Hawking thinks about weapons system deployment. Theoretical scientists, no matter how brilliant, have less political awareness than the average soccer mom. Living in a fantasy world of numbers is not conducive to a clear-eyed perception of reality.