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Kortum, a systems administrator, said those AI systems could be programmed to have the weapon systems target people through facial recognition, the body temperature of humans, or by a specific flag that soldiers might wear on their uniforms. While law enforcement in Montana has started using drones for crash reconstructions, search-and-rescue operations and crime scene investigations over the past few years, it has not thus far tried to use any drones or robots affixed with weapons. But police in Oakland, Calif., last year considered using robots affixed with shotguns. Kortum said the bill, on which the committee did not vote on Friday, was about getting ahead of the possibility the weapon systems could become a widely used reality as technology advances. “We can ban the use and construction of killer robots and set an example to the nation and world.”