Killer Robots

By Kasmira Jefford UN talks on autonomous weapons systems were left “in a quagmire” last week, according to rights groups, as countries remained at odds over how to regulate the onset of so-called “killer robots”. Campaigners and NGOs expressed their dismay after countries sidestepped a decision on whether to launch…

By Lillian Mauldin, AIUSA’s Military, Security and Police Transfers Coordination Group Next week, diplomats will convene in Geneva to decide whether to begin negotiating new international law on autonomy in weapons systems. Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAWs), colloquially known by many in the arms control community as “Killer Robots”, are “weapons…

Summary AI is exciting and offers many new opportunities. But there is too much hype, most benefits are akin to previous technological innovations — helping make lots of gradual small improvements. Bigger implementations are hard. The general dangers are exaggerated — human intelligence and machine intelligence are very different —…

Laura Nolan is a computer programmer who resigned from Google over Project Maven. She is now a member of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control (ICRAC) a founding member of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. #TeamHuman. Dehumanisation is the failure to acknowledge the humanity of others. It is…

Abstract The international debate on the ethics and legality of autonomous weapon systems (AWS), along with the call for a ban, primarily focus on the nebulous concept of fully autonomous AWS. These are AWS capable of target selection and engagement absent human supervision or control. This paper argues that such a…

The Case of the Killer Robot tells a fictional story of Robbie CX30, a robot programmed to automate an assembly line which ended up taking the life of a programmer, Barth Matthews. The story particularly tackles specific issues in software engineering and computer ethics such as software process models, team…

Meaningful Human Control and Autonomous Weapons Systems: Ethics, Design, and Responsible Innovation A special issue of Information (ISSN 2078-2489). This special issue belongs to the section " Artificial Intelligence"…www.mdpi.com Special Issue Information Dear Colleagues, Global discussions on the legality and ethics of using Artificial intelligence (AI) technology in warfare, particularly the use of autonomous weapons (AWS), continue to be hotly debated. Despite the push for a ban on these types of systems, unilateral agreement remains out of reach. Much of the disaccord…

Laura Nolan is a computer programmer who resigned from Google over Project Maven. She is now a member of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control (ICRAC) a founding member of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. #KeepCtrl. Last month, the United Nations Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) is meeting…