Seriously. As Professor Noel Sharkey put it in his keynote robotic war escalation, “There's a massive drive towards developing autonomous robots for more complex missions. We are rapidly moving towards robots that can make the decision to apply lethal force, when to apply it and who to apply it to. I think maybe we're talking about a ten-year time frame.” That’s right, Grabbers. THE MACHINE WAR HAPPENS IN TEN YEARS. And we’re close already. Here’s Israel’s VIPeR bot:



Why is the Screengrab bringing you news of evil robots? Because the VIPeR reminds us heavily of:



And we really like Terminator, so we’re always up for an excuse to talk about it.