The technology [of lethal autonomous drones], from the point of view of AI, is entirely feasible. When the Russian ambassador made the remark that these things are 20 or 30 years off in the future, I responded that, with three good grad students and possibly the help of a couple of my robotics colleagues, it will be a term project [six to eight weeks] to build a weapon that could come into the United Nations building and find the Russian ambassador and deliver a package to him.
-- Stuart Russell on a February 25, 2021 podcast with the Future of Life Institute.
-- Stuart Russell on a February 25, 2021 podcast with the Future of Life Institute.