Sentences with phrase «functions of weapons systems»

These questions do not however exist only for LAWS, but also for enhanced autonomous functions of weapons systems in general.

The CCW should articulate first and foremost a legal commitment to ensuring meaningful human control and a constraint on the development of autonomy in the critical functions of weapons systems.

The campaign aims to engage at the regional level to build awareness and support for a collective response and it continues to explore other avenues that could lead states to adopt a new international instrument to retain meaningful human control over the critical functions of weapons systems.

Discussions of the legal, military and ethical implications of these weapons among government and independent experts in the framework of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) have shown that there is broad agreement that human control over the critical functions of weapon systems must be retained.

Nakamitsu says that states should decide «what they consider to be the acceptable degree of human control over the lethal functions of a weapon system, and whether a specific international treaty or instrument is required to ensure that control is maintained.»

The ICRC encourages States to now turn their attention to fixing limits on autonomy in the critical functions of weapon systems, to ensure that they can be used in accordance with IHL and within the bounds of what is acceptable under the dictates of public conscience.

There is a danger that increasing autonomy in the critical functions of weapon systems will substitute human - decision making with that of machines, thereby posing significant legal and ethical concerns.

She says states must discuss a range of issues relating to the weapons, particularly «what they consider to be the acceptable degree of human control over the lethal functions of a weapon system, and whether a specific international treaty or instrument is required to ensure that control is maintained.»

Not exact matches

«It is a very expensive weapon system which was developed in the Cold War to meet the conditions of the Cold War which ended 17 years ago, and it is still capable of functioning fully for about another 15 years from now,» Mr Clarke said.

The Heidelberg researchers study the function and molecular structure of these «weapons systems» at the Centre for Organismal Studies.

Mechanically, that's most felt in the game's streamlined progression system, which trades out the crafting, upgrade trees, and a traditional XP system for a «challenge» based structure that rewards you with perk points whenever you complete certain tasks, like completing the aforementioned «stashes,» racking up kills with a specific type of weapon, traveling a couple of kilometers in the wingsuit, or completing stages in the game's «Far Cry Arcade» mode (which offers both traditional multiplayer and a level creator that functions as a sort of Mario Maker for Far Cry levels.)

Upgrades range from standard fare, such as boosting health regeneration and bolstering the Power, Cloak and Armour functions of the Nanosuit, to more specialised options for assisting system hacking, granting improved EMP protection and further boosting weapon stabilisation.

There is a sense that these are weapons of the far future, but increasing autonomy already exists in the «critical functions» of some weapons systems in use today.

While developing new weapon systems, both LAWS as well as weapon systems with more advanced autonomous functions in general, states should remain within the boundaries of international law.

The function providing an autonomous weapon the ability to make the «kill decision» does not have an equivalent civilian use therefore, pre-emptive ban on autonomous weapons systems would have no impact on the funding of research and development for artificial intelligence.

These are future weapons systems that would lack meaningful human control over the critical functions of selecting and attacking targets.

Dec. 6 (Brussels) A total of 116 scientists working in fields including artificial intelligence, robotics and computer science issue an open letter calling on Belgium to support a ban on weapon systems lacking meaningful human control over the critical functions of targeting and engagement in every attack.

The 22 - page Where to draw the line report by Frank Slijper documents the trend towards increasing autonomy in weapon systems by identifying systems with the ability to select and attack targets with automated «critical» functions, such as loitering munitions, autonomous fighter aircraft, and automated ground systems with varying levels of human control.

The technical sessions begins on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning with a review of the state of play on research and development of autonomous weapons systems as well as an exchange on the military rationale for autonomous functions in weapons systems.