- Educating about Autonomous Weapons - Future of Life Institute
The push to prohibit Slaughterbots Slaughterbots, also called ‘autonomous weapons systems’ or ‘killer robots’, are weapons that use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to identify, select, and kill human targets without human intervention Though these weapons sound futuristic, reports of their use are starting to mount up
- ‘Killer robots’ are coming, and U. N. is worried
Long the stuff of science fiction, autonomous weapons systems, known as “killer robots,” are poised to become a reality, thanks to the rapid development of artificial intelligence In response, international organizations have been intensifying calls for limits or even outright bans on their use
- ‘Politically unacceptable, morally repugnant’: UN chief calls . . .
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has once again called for a global ban on lethal autonomous weapon systems – machines capable of taking human lives without human oversight –
- Homepage - Autonomous Weapons Systems
Slaughterbots, also called “autonomous weapons systems” or “killer robots”, are weapons systems that use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify, select, and kill human targets without human intervention
- ‘If Human, Kill’: Video Warns Of Need For Legal Controls On . . .
He compares slaughterbots to chemical and biological weapons which have been (largely successfully) outlawed, indiscriminate weapons which are also cheap and deadly
- A Hazard to Human Rights: Autonomous Weapons Systems and . . .
Underscores the “significant risks” that lethal autonomous weapons pose to civilians, and reiterates the UN secretary-general’s call for a legally binding instrument to prohibit lethal
- Autonomous (1) | PDF | Artificial Intelligence | Intelligence . . .
Autonomous weapons, or 'slaughterbots', utilize AI to identify and kill targets without human intervention, raising significant ethical and legal concerns Key issues include accountability for mistakes, compliance with international humanitarian law, and the potential for algorithmic bias leading to civilian casualties
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