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Pros and Cons of Autonomous Weapons Systems

The International Committee of the Red Cross defines autonomous weapons as those able to “independently select and attack targets, i.e., with autonomy in the ' ...

Lethal autonomous weapon - Wikipedia

Lethal autonomous weapons (LAWs) are a type of autonomous military system that can independently search for and engage targets based on programmed ...

Fully Autonomous Weapons - Critical issues

Fully autonomous weapons are weapon systems that can select and fire upon targets on their own, without any human intervention. Fully autonomous weapons can be ...

Defense Primer: U.S. Policy on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems

Developments in both autonomous weapons technology and international discussions of LAWS could hold implications for congressional oversight, ...

What you need to know about autonomous weapons - ICRC

Autonomous weapon systems, as the ICRC understands them, are any weapons that select and apply force to targets without human intervention.

Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS) - UNODA

The most common types of weapons with autonomous functions are defensive systems. This includes systems such as antivehicle and antipersonnel mines.

Killer Robots Are Here—and We Need to Regulate Them

Although a human controller can still decide whether or not to strike, such weapons are acquiring ever more autonomous capabilities. Now that ...

Autonomous weapons are the moral choice - Atlantic Council

More than ten nations operate the Israeli-developed Harpy, a fully autonomous drone that is programmed before launch to fly to a specified area ...

Real-Life Technologies that Prove Autonomous Weapons are ...

The STM Kargu-2 is a flying quadcopter that weighs a mere 7 kg, is being mass-produced, is capable of fully ... Autonomous Weapons: What are they ...

The United States Quietly Kick-Starts the Autonomous Weapons Era

Also known as fully autonomous design, a human handler can oversee and intervene in a robot's course of action if desired, but otherwise the ...

Stopping Killer Robots: Country Positions on Banning Fully ...

[68] Since then, China has not explicitly repeated its call for a new international treaty to ban fully autonomous weapons. China participated ...

Problems with autonomous weapons - Stop Killer Robots

Autonomy in weapons systems is a profoundly human problem. Killer robots change the relationship between people and technology by handing over life and ...

Fully Autonomous Weapons: Questions and Answers

But the temptation will grow to acquire fully autonomous weapons, also known as “lethal autonomous robotics" or "killer robots." If one nation acquires these ...

Lethal AI weapons are here: how can we control them? - Nature

The development of lethal autonomous weapons (LAWs), including AI-equipped drones, is on the rise. The US Department of Defense, for example, ...

The technology, capability and controversy of robots at war - YouTube

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The Need for and Elements of a New Treaty on Fully Autonomous ...

Fully autonomous weapons, in particular, would select and engage targets without meaningful human control. Due in large part to their lack of ...

Autonomous Weapon Systems | How does law protect in war? - ICRC

Landmines and fully autonomous weapons all provide a capacity to respond with force to an incoming 'signal' (whether the pressure of a foot or a shape on an ...

The Case for Regulating Fully Autonomous Weapons

I argue that regulation, rather than an outright ban, would likely be more effective in ensuring that FAWs comply with international law.

Autonomous Weapons Systems and the Laws of War

The code could establish accountability for states committing any misdeeds with fully autonomous weapons systems in battle and require that ...

Fully Autonomous Weapons Pose Unique Dangers to Humankind

Autonomous weapons are not self-aware, humanoid “Terminator” robots conspiring to take over; they are computer-controlled tanks, planes, ships ...