2020年2月1日 · Autonomous weapons are not self-aware, humanoid “Terminator” robots conspiring to take over; they are computer-controlled tanks, planes, ships and submarines. Even so, they represent a radical...

Autonomous weapon systems, as the ICRC understands them, are any weapons that select and apply force to targets without human intervention. A person activates an autonomous weapon, but they do not know specifically who or what it will strike, nor …

Lethal autonomous weapons (LAWs) are a type of autonomous military system that can independently search for and engage targets based on programmed constraints and descriptions. LAWs are also known as lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS), autonomous weapon systems (AWS), robotic weapons or killer robots. LAWs may operate in the air, on land ...

What are fully autonomous weapons? 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 enabled to assess the situational context on a battlefield and to decide on the required attack according to the processed information.

2024年1月12日 · 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 …

2025年1月24日 · Fully autonomous (human-out-of-the-loop): Systems that, once activated, select targets and apply force without human authorization, supervision, or intervention. Based on this typology, both supervised autonomous and fully autonomous weapons meet the definition of LAWS capable of operating without human intervention.

In his 2023 New Agenda for Peace, the Secretary-General reiterated this call, recommending that States conclude, by 2026, a legally binding instrument to prohibit lethal autonomous weapon systems that function without human control or oversight, and which cannot be used in compliance with international humanitarian law, and to regulate all ...

The authors review the arguments for and against autonomous weapons systems, discuss challenges to limiting and defining those systems, specify strategic-level policy recommendations, and...

2023年11月1日 · The representative of Egypt, explaining the delegation’s vote in favour of “L.56”, supported a two-tier approach that includes fully autonomous weapons and regulating other military applications...

2020年8月10日 · Weapons systems that select and engage targets without meaningful human control are unacceptable and need to be prevented. All countries have a duty to protect humanity from this dangerous...