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Use of 'killer robots' in wars would breach law, say campaigners
Calls grow for ban on fully autonomous weapons, following NGO coalition report
Mattha Busby
@matthabusby
Tue 21 Aug 2018 00.01 EDT Last modified on Tue 21 Aug 2018 00.05 EDT
The use of fully autonomous weapons in a theatre of war would breach international law, campaigners and experts say, as longstanding calls for a ban on killer robots intensify.
These AI-powered guns, planes, ships and tanks could fight future wars without being subject to any human control, as high-tech nations step up investment in the weapons and inch towards full autonomy.
Twenty-six countries explicitly support a prohibition on fully autonomous weapons, with Austria, Belgium and China recently joining thousands of scientists and artificial intelligence experts and more than 20 Nobel peace prize laureates in declaring their support.
In a new report, the global NGO coalition has said fully autonomous weapons would violate the a well established provision of international humanitarian law.
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Use of 'killer robots' in wars would breach law, say campaigners (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Aug 2018
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3Hotdogs
(12,391 posts)1. Can we still use our drones?
Our drones can kick commie drone asses.
Nitram
(22,822 posts)2. Which "well established provision of international law" would AI-powered weapons breach?
Mosby
(16,319 posts)3. good question. nt
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)4. Yeah, because hostile nations care so much about International Law
Go look up Rule 303.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rule%20303