The chair of BAE Systems, a “global defence, aerospace and security company," described a $40 billion industry working on autonomous weapons in 40 countries. Mr. Carr went on to say fully autonomous weapons would be “devoid of responsibility” and would have “no emotion or sense of mercy.” “If you remove ethics and judgement and morality from human endeavor whether it is in peace or war, you will take humanity to another level which is beyond our comprehension,” he warned.