Sentences with phrase «killer robots at»

It also recommended further deliberations on killer robots at the CCW and in other relevant fora, such as the Human Rights Council

The work on killer robots at the UN in New York has attracted strong media interest with articles by TIME World, Computer World (in German), Fast Company, NBC News, and VICE, an op ed in SBS News, and blog post by Just Security, Take Part, and Toward Freedom.

When Prof. Heyns presented his first report on killer robots at the Human Rights Council one year ago on 30 May, representatives from twenty nations and the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots provided their views on the matter for the first time in a multilateral forum.

Almost every country to address killer robots at UNGA expressed strong support for creating a Group of Governmental Experts at the CCW's Review Conference in December.

Not exact matches

There's everything from machineguns, flamethrowers, rocket launchers, and more imaginative weapons such as the glove of doom, which releases little killer robots, and the Suck Cannon, which is able to suck up smaller enemies that can be cannoned out at other foes.

Erin is involved in the ongoing diplomatic efforts to prohibit autonomous weapons systems (killer robots) and has spoken on the topic in Canada and at the United Nations.

In the week that followed the Group of Governmental Experts meetings, states convened again at the UN in Geneva for the CCW's annual meeting, where they agreed to continue their killer robots deliberations in 2018 and approved Ambassador Amandeep Singh Gill of India to continue as chair.

The campaign calls for any future deliberations at the CCW on killer robots to not repeat the 2014 meeting, which requires «going deeper in exploring substantive aspects, such as the notion of meaningful human control.»

At the previous First Committee session in 2014, 23 states raised killer robots concerns while 16 did so in 2013.

On 13 - 15 December, Main Committee II chaired by Ambassador Tudor Ulianovschi of the Republic of Moldova with vice-chair Ambassador Alice Guitton of France will prepare the draft mandate for future work on lethal autonomous weapons systems.The mandate will be based on recommendations agreed by states at the third CCW meeting on killer robots held in April 2016.

The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots sees this decision as positive in that talks on killer robots will continue at -LSKiller Robots sees this decision as positive in that talks on killer robots will continue at -LSkiller robots will continue at -LSB-...]

At the beginning of the Convention on Conventional Weapons annual meeting on 11 November 2013, UN Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon made his first statement on killer robots, calling on states parties to «remain vigilant in addressing the implications of new and emerging weapons and their technologies.»

He looks at the UN report by Christof Heyns and emphasizes the report's recommendation that a moratorium on these weapons is urgently undertaken, noting the report's finding that killer robots could «denigrate the value of life itself.»

At the first multilateral meeting ever held on killer robots, nations have recognized the need to confront the challenge of fully autonomous weapons that could select and attack targets without any human control.

However, the CCW process on killer robots is faltering and will not convene until November 2017 at the earliest, more than a year after the last substantive talks on the topic.

The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots is convening a briefing on «human rights, disarmament, and killer robots» at the UN on June 11 — see the Killer Robots is convening a briefing on «human rights, disarmament, and killer robots» at the UN on June 11 — see the killer robots» at the UN on June 11 — see the Flyer.

The first multilateral debate on killer robots took place at the Human Rights Council in May 2013, but states have not considered this topic at the Council since then.

An open letter authored by five Canadian experts in artificial intelligence research urges the Prime Minister to urgently address the challenge of lethal autonomous weapons (often called «killer robots») and to take a leading position against Autonomous Weapon Systems on the international stage at the upcoming UN meetings in Geneva.

The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots is holding a briefing on Wednesday, 11 June at 17:00 (5:00 pm) in Room XXII of Building E at the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva to look at human rights concerns with killer robots in advance of the 12 June presentation to the Human Rights Council of a new report on the matter by Professor Christof Heyns, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary execuKiller Robots is holding a briefing on Wednesday, 11 June at 17:00 (5:00 pm) in Room XXII of Building E at the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva to look at human rights concerns with killer robots in advance of the 12 June presentation to the Human Rights Council of a new report on the matter by Professor Christof Heyns, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary execukiller robots in advance of the 12 June presentation to the Human Rights Council of a new report on the matter by Professor Christof Heyns, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.

Vadim Kozyulin, a senior researcher from the PIR Center who presented at the April 2016 CCW meeting on killer robots, moderated the panel and translated Wareham's presentation into Russian.

Killer robots were first raised at the forum during a 2015 panel on technology.

Feb. 26: At a Strategy Meeting of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots in London, PAX (formerly IKV Pax Christi) launches a brief animation film for the campaign and its first report on killer Killer Robots in London, PAX (formerly IKV Pax Christi) launches a brief animation film for the campaign and its first report on killer killer robots

A declaration issued by the Nobel Peace Laureates at their Rome summit in December states, «we support the call for a pre-emptive ban on fully autonomous weapons (killer robots)-- weapons that would be able to select and attack targets without human intervention» and urges, «we must prevent this new form of inhumane warfare.»

The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots sees this decision as positive in that talks on killer robots will continue at the Convention on Conventional Weapons in Geneva, and that no country tried to bloKiller Robots sees this decision as positive in that talks on killer robots will continue at the Convention on Conventional Weapons in Geneva, and that no country tried to blokiller robots will continue at the Convention on Conventional Weapons in Geneva, and that no country tried to block it.

Oct. 14: Kanae Doe of HRW speaks at the World Business Council for Peace in 2016 conference on inhumane weapons and killer robots.

Even if Italian industry participates in the development of killer robots, Williams expressed hope that the government would work actively at the diplomatic level to ban these weapons.

More than 50 people attended a breakfast seminar on killer robots (drapsroboter in Norwegian) convened by the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies (NCHS) at the Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO).

At the side event convened by the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots on Monday, 21 October, Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams said, «I don't want to see robots operating on their own, armed with lethal weapons» and asked the audience, «Do we really want to go there?»

Released at the opening of a major international conference on artificial intelligence (AI) in Melbourne on August 21, the letter lists numerous concerns with fully autonomous weapons, also called lethal autonomous weapons systems or killer robots.

The decision by states at the CCW's Fifth Review Conference to formalize the process on killer robots that the CCW started in November 2013 demonstrates progress as it moves to the next level of deliberations.

At the newly refurbished United Nations in New York this month, there have been several signs that momentum is building behind calls for international talks on fully autonomous weapons, also known as «lethal autonomous robots» or «killer robots.»

Accordingly, the «off switch» to mitigate the unjust harm that killer robots may cause is in each one of us, at every moment and in every decision, big and small.

When we start to look at killer robots this way, we see that they are the mechanical realizations of much larger sets of institutional intentions, involving the plans of designers and the decisions of people who follow such plans, individuals who accept certain jobs, develop certain software and put such software to military use.