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Press Materials
A collection of FLI’s materials for use by the press.
Videos
Slaughterbots
Release date: 13 November 2017
If human: Kill()
Release date: 30 November 2021
Deep dive video
Release date: 2 December 2021
Panel discussion
Release date: 3 December 2021
Images
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Press release
Slaughterbots Sequel Warns of Widespread Proliferation of Lethal AI Unless UN Acts at December Meeting
Original film had over 70 million views and won awards at Cannes
BOSTON, Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Future of Life Institute (FLI), a nonprofit working to reduce extreme risks from powerful technologies, has today released Slaughterbots – if human: kill(), a short film that warns anew of humanity’s accelerating path towards the widespread proliferation of slaughterbots – autonomous weapons that use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify, select, and kill people without human intervention.
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