Sentences with phrase «autonomous robotic weapons»

In a press release, Afri described the launch as timely given the context of moves by some countries towards the use of lethal autonomous robotic weapons.

On 30 May 2013 in Geneva, nations for the first time ever debated what to do about fully autonomous weapons at the United Nations Human Rights Council following the presentation of the report on «lethal autonomous robotic weapons» by the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, -LSB-...]

Wareham reviews the first - ever UN report on lethal autonomous robotic weapons and describes its presentation to the Human Rights Council in a debate where two dozen countries spoke.

On 13 March, Swiss parliamentarian Beat Flach of the Green Liberal Party introduced Motion 17.3195 calling on the Federal Council to support «an international prohibition of autonomous robotic weapon systems.»

Not exact matches

Musk and more than 100 leaders of AI and robotics companies warned that lethal autonomous weapons could usher in the «third revolution in warfare.»

Created by Dr. Alexander Leveringhaus, who specializes in moral responsibility and robotic weapons, this initiative analyses how militaries can design ethically responsible combat systems using increasingly sophisticated and potentially autonomous technology.

In the directive, the Department of Defense wants to expand the use of self - directed weapons, and it is explicitly asking us not to worry about autonomous robotic weaponry, saying that the Department of Defense will put in place adequate oversight on its own.

Mines Action Canada, as a co-founder of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, believes that the way forward must lead to a pre-emptive ban on autonomous weapons systems as a tool to prevent humanitarian harm without damaging research and development on autonomy and robotics for military or civilian purposes.

Compared to the 2013's report's extensive analysis and four recommendations on «lethal autonomous robotics,» the 2014 report contains a brief reference to what it now calls «autonomous weapons systems» and recommends that the Human Rights Council «engage with the work done by the disarmament structures in this regard.»

An open letter signed by 137 founders of robotics and artificial intelligence companies from 28 countries urges the United Nations to urgently address the challenge of lethal autonomous weapons (often called killer robots).

The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots urges governments to heed an open letter signed by 126 founders and directors of more than 100 robotics and artificial intelligence companies from 28 countries demanding urgent action to address fully autonomous weapons concerns.

Professor Stuart Russell described an emerging consensus in the artificial intelligence and robotics community against autonomous weapons systems as «most don't want to build systems that will kill.»

As mentioned by my colleague, since the last time the CCW met a letter from over 100 founders of robotics and artificial intelligence companies calling for a preemptive ban on autonomous weapons was also released.

The campaign urges robotics companies to make a unilateral declaration of support committing not to develop fully autonomous weapons as Canadian firm ClearPath Robotics did in August 2014.

Amnesty International has expressed concern that fully autonomous weapons, including «less lethal» robotic weapons that can result in deaths and serious injuries, would result in unlawful killings and injuries both in situations of armed conflict as well as in law enforcement operations.

The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Alistair Burt, however emphasized that the government does not support the call for a moratorium on these future weapons that would select and attack targets without further human intervention, described as «lethal autonomous robotics» in the parliamentary adjournment debate held late in the evening of 17 June 2013.

Apr: In an article for the International Journal of Intelligence Ethics, Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams calls for a ban on «fully autonomous attack and kill robotic weapons.»

These could include, inter alia, the ability of a fully autonomous system to conform to existing law (including international humanitarian law, human rights law or general international law); potential problems associated with the design of future fully autonomous weapons that could require disarmament action, or the ethical limits to robotic autonomy in deciding on the life or death of a human, to quote just a few.»

Albert Efimov, head of the robotics center at Russia's Skolkovo Foundation, was the only speaker to oppose a ban on fully autonomous weapons, but he however concluded that a «human being will always be in the loop» when it comes to autonomous weapons.

Also - in conflict zones dedicated robotic devices (small, autonomous and numerous) could be used to specifically deactivate all weapons without further human intervention - this would be a very good thing given the passions that are unleashed and at play in these situations.

Japanese robotics experts are scheduled to provide expert presentations at the first Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) experts meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems in Geneva on 13 - 16 May 2014, including Mr. Hajime Wakuda, director for defense industry, aerospace at Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and Dr. Heigo Sato from Takushoku University.

The United Nations (UN) report calling for a global moratorium on lethal autonomous robotics, weapons systems that can select and kill targets without a human being directly issuing a command, will be considered this week in Geneva.

An open letter, signed last year by 116 founders of robotics and artificial intelligence companies calling for a United Nations ban on killer robots states, «Lethal autonomous weapons threaten to become the third revolution in warfare.