Sentences with phrase «future weapons systems»

She warned it not to sit out «the biggest debate of 2015 when it comes to dealing with future weapons systems and the way in which technology is changing the way wars are fought.»

Human rights aspects are missing completely from the agenda and there appears to be insufficient time to consider proliferation and security concerns as well as the human control needed in future weapons systems.

Binding legislation is required in the forms of a new international treaty and national laws to retain meaningful human control over future weapons systems and individual attacks.

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

Nearly all countries that spoke on this issue this year accepted that some form of human control must be maintained over future weapons systems, but they must be explicit about where they draw the line on increasing autonomy.

It will work to foster greater international and regional cooperation to convince governments concerned about retaining meaningful human control of future weapons systems to agree to an international ban.

This chapter commences with an examination of the emerging technology supporting these sophisticated systems, by detailing autonomous features that are currently being designed for weapons and anticipating how technological advances might be incorporated into future weapon systems.

Not exact matches

While we have no evidence that learning weapons systems are currently being deployed in combat, we are at a critical juncture in terms of how far artificial intelligence (AI) is utilized on weapons systems or platforms, and whether such learning weapons will be deployed in the future.

Mr Clegg said it was «dangerous» to commit tens of billions of pounds to a Cold War era weapons system, when US President Barack Obama saw the threats of the future coming from terrorists and failed states against which Trident would be no use.

If Britain does remain in the EU, Labour's divisions will be exposed once again over the summer: the Conservatives will twist the knife over the Chilcot report on the Iraq war, due to be published early next month, and the future of the Trident nuclear weapons system, on which the government has said it will call a vote soon.

Hydrogen is «a highly flexible energy vector and energy carrier capable of serving as a weapon against climate change in a future, integrated multi-sector energy system,» said Mary - Rose de Valladares, manager of the International Energy Administration Hydrogen Implementing Agreement, which is developing a comprehensive road map on the production and utilization of hydrogen due for release early next year.

Both games will have persistent leveling systems; Future Soldier will allow players to unlock new attachments for their weapons as they work their way through each of 50 possible levels for a given multiplayer character.

A merit pay system that does not actually reward individual teachers is likely to add cost and produce minimal results, except as a weapon to be used against education reformers in the future.

The weapon variety, improved PvP system, improved equipment and leveling system, and better graphics excite me for what this series has in store in the future.

There will be various weapons (or tools that can be used as weapons) in the game though, so this kind of simple system might turn out to be insufficient in the future in which case I'll have to implement some kind of latency compensation, but atm it works great!

While the capabilities of future technology are uncertain, there are strong reasons to believe that devolving more decision making over targeting to weapons systems themselves will erode the fundamental obligation that rules of international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law be applied by people, and with sufficient specificity to make them meaningful.

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.

He says questions where we are heading on lethal autonomous weapons systems are warranted as «the future is not a destiny, it is a choice.»

Zimbabwe said that it was joining like - minded delegations to support the call to preemptively ban lethal autonomous weapon systems because it saw «merit and wisdom in doing what is right and necessary to safeguard this and future generations» from the weapons.

On Friday, 12 December, states attending the United Nations meeting in Geneva will decide on future work to address concerns over fully autonomous weapons systems, known as lethal autonomous weapons systems.

In the future, these concerns, and others, may apply also to the use of autonomous weapons systems, or what are known as «killer robots», which, once activated, can select and engage targets and operate in dynamic and changing environments without further human intervention.

These same principles must also apply to weapons which will be developed in the future, such as fully autonomous weapons systems.

The Boston - based Future of Life Institute, which funded the film, has created a new website to encourage more actions in support of the call to ban lethal autonomous weapons systems.

Ireland made its first public statement on the matter at the UN General Assembly in September 2013, stating that «our focus must always be to ensure respect for international humanitarian law and human rights,» principles that «must also apply to weapons which will be developed in the future, such as fully autonomous weapons systems.»

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.»

Jan. 13: After the first conference held by the Future of Life Institute on the «future of artificial intelligence» in Puerto Rico on Jan. 2 - 4, prominent scientists and researchers from industry and academia issue an open letter calling for AI and smart machine research that is «robust and beneficial» to humanity and linking to a document outlining «research directions that can help maximize the societal benefit of AI» including numerous questions on «lethal autonomous weapons systems.&Future of Life Institute on the «future of artificial intelligence» in Puerto Rico on Jan. 2 - 4, prominent scientists and researchers from industry and academia issue an open letter calling for AI and smart machine research that is «robust and beneficial» to humanity and linking to a document outlining «research directions that can help maximize the societal benefit of AI» including numerous questions on «lethal autonomous weapons systems.&future of artificial intelligence» in Puerto Rico on Jan. 2 - 4, prominent scientists and researchers from industry and academia issue an open letter calling for AI and smart machine research that is «robust and beneficial» to humanity and linking to a document outlining «research directions that can help maximize the societal benefit of AI» including numerous questions on «lethal autonomous weapons systems.»

Some speculate that autonomous weapons systems are «inevitable,» yet at this week's second meeting on the matter, no nation said it is actively pursuing them and only Israel and the United States indicated they are leaving the door open for the future acquisition of such weapons.

The first meeting of the CCW Group of Governmental Experts will be followed by annual Meeting of High Contracting Parties on 22 - 24 November, where states are expected to decide on the CCW's future work on lethal autonomous weapons systems.

Friday morning starts with a final panel on «crosscutting issues» that will be followed in the afternoon by adoption of the final report containing recommendations for future work on lethal autonomous weapons systems.

The report finds a lack of clarity as to who would be accountable if an autonomous weapons system violates international law and notes that «proactive and future - oriented work in many fields is needed to counteract «the tendency of technological advance to outpace the social control of technology.»»

The programs include: Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA), US Army Ground - based Midcourse Defense (GMD), US Army Future Combat System, US Air Force (USAF) unmanned vehicles, US Army Brilliant Anti-tank weapons, USAF Advanced Tactical Fighter (FY - 23), US Army S...