A Call for Dialogue with the Opponents of Lethal Autonomous ...

UN head calls for a ban - Stop Killer Robots

Lethal autonomous weapons systems and the development of artificial intelligence are linked to the issue of human responsibility for the use of force, as well ...

Autonomous weapons systems, killer robots and human dignity

They identify three main deontological arguments: (a) that AWS would be unable to conform to IHL and IHRL rules governing the use of lethal ...

Laws on LAWS: Regulating the Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems

Opponents, including a significant number of AI scientists, assert that the deployment of LAWS will severely diminish international, national, ...

UN fails to agree on 'killer robot' ban as nations pour billions into ...

Autonomous weapon systems are robots with lethal weapons that can operate independently, selecting and attacking targets without a human ...

Law and Ethics for Autonomous Weapon Systems

instincts of critics or skeptics of autonomous lethal systems favoring the idea of ... called for a ban on autonomous lethal weapons systems. See, e.g. ...

Are Lethal Autonomous Weapons Inevitable? It Appears So

In each case, a human operator determines the target, but a machine completes the attack. On the other hand, LAWS — derided by critics as “ ...

Are killer robots the future of war? | Military - Al Jazeera

Officially, they are called lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS), but critics call them killer robots. Many countries, including the ...

Dialogue on killer robots concerns - Ministry for Disarmament

Aotearoa New Zealand's Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control, Hon. Phil Twyford, hosted a Dialogue on Autonomous Weapons and Human ...

Locating LAWS: Lethal Autonomous Weapons, Epistemic Space ...

This epistemological closure is present in academic and policy analyses, and shared by LAWS advocates and opponents. Forgetfulness about ...

Great power identity in Russia's position on autonomous weapons ...

... opponent to any new regulations of so-called “killer robots,” and a developer of autonomy in weapons systems. It highlights the value of a ...

Adapting the Law of Armed Conflict to Autonomous Weapon Systems

See Michael N. Schmitt, Autonomous Weapon Systems and IHL: A Reply to the. Critics, HARVARD. NATIONAL. SECURITY. JOURNAL. 19.

Pakistan | Automated Decision Research

In December 2023, Pakistan voted in support of UN General Assembly Resolution 78/241 on lethal autonomous weapons systems. ... Pakistan made a submission to the ...

Resolved: States ought to ban lethal autonomous weapons ...

Losing Humanity: The Case Against Killer Robots (2012). Autonomous weapons ... and calls for a national and international dialogue on appropriate ...

DoD Directive 3000.09, "Autonomy in Weapon Systems

(a) Static defense of installations with personnel, including networked defense where the autonomous weapon system is not co-located with the ...

Human Rights and the use of Autonomous Weapons Systems (AWS)

of deadly force. Although law enforcement officials are allowed to use force under cer tain circumstances, such powers are strictly limited. They have a ...

No Machine Should Choose: Defending Human Dignity in the Age ...

These AI-driven technologies, often called “lethal autonomous weapons” (LAWs), can make critical decisions, such as identifying and engaging targets, without ...

Applying arms-control frameworks to autonomous weapons

Existing arms-control regimes may offer a model for how to govern autonomous weapons, and it is essential that the international community promptly addresses a ...

Written evidence from the UK Campaign to Stop Killer Robots ...

As a coalition of UK-based NGOs we are calling for a legally binding instrument to pre-emptively ban Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) by mandating ...

Press Release – Seminar on “Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems ...

In May 2013, Pakistan became the first country to call for a ban on fully autonomous weapons. It had repeatedly advocated for a ban on ...

The Ethics of Acquiring Disruptive Technologies: Artificial ...

... call “autonomous moral agents.” They argue in their book, Moral ... 3 Future of Life Institute, “Lethal Autonomous Weapons Pledge,” available at < ...