Sentences with phrase «lethal autonomous»

Echoing their sentiments, the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots website calls for a pre-emptive ban on the development, production and use of lethal autonomous weapons.

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.»

t's not far - fetched to think about lethal autonomous weapons systems now» in order to consider consequences of this technology and what can be done.

The US and others state that lethal autonomous weapon systems «do not exist» and do not encompass remotely piloted drones, precision - guided munitions, or defensive systems.

States proposed the recommendation to formalize the CCW process during the third informal meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems held at the UN in Geneva on 11 - 15 April 2016.

Previously, in July 2013, McCully informed Peace Movement Aotearoa that, «We have not as yet developed a firm policy on [lethal autonomous robots], but agree... this is a cross-sectoral issue that will need to be considered from a number of perspectives» and affirmed «this issue merits further consideration.»

... New Zealand will develop a position on [lethal autonomous weapons systems] in concert with other governments when the international community is clearer about their potential impact and when there is a clearer understanding about how a line could be drawn between automated and autonomous weapons.»

He promised, «New Zealand will continue to participate in various international fora considering [lethal autonomous robots] and to develop national policy in this area.»

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.

At 4:47 pm on Friday, 15 November 2013 at the United Nations in Geneva, states parties to the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) adopted a report that included a mandate for the convention to convene on 13 - 16 May 2014 for its first meeting to discuss questions related to «lethal autonomous weapons systems.»

Throughout the year, Russia objected to the creation of a Group of Governmental Experts, raising «major doubts» about the need to do so now and arguing that it was «premature» when there is not yet an agreed - upon definition of lethal autonomous weapons systems.

It was widely hoped the GGE could begin developing a conceptual understanding on a working definition of what are lethal autonomous weapons systems, but the GGE chair has put this discussion off until 2018.

Brehm said the campaign welcomes the strong interest by governments in discussing concerns relating to the weapons, as shown by the first meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems chaired by France at the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) in May 2014.

Over the course of the week of CCW meetings Mati made several interventions in support of the draft CCW mandate to hold experts discussions on what he called lethal autonomous weapons or «the so - called killer robots.»

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 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.

At «informal consultations» on Monday 11 November, France — as chair of this week's Convention on Conventional Weapons meeting — proposed a mandate to «discuss questions related to emerging technologies» in the area of «lethal autonomous weapons systems.»

At the international Convention on Conventional Weapons in Geneva, 123 participating nations voted to initiate official discussions on the danger of lethal autonomous weapons systems.

New Zealand said it was in «listening mode» at the second meeting on «lethal autonomous weapons systems» convened by the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) at the United Nations.

In December 2016, states agreed to formalize their deliberations on lethal autonomous weapons systems at the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW).

The decision to talk about the issue was also influenced by an April 2013 report by the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions detailing ethical, legal, and other concerns raised by lethal autonomous robots.

The first meeting of the Group of Governmental Experts on lethal autonomous weapons systems will be held at the UN in Geneva on either 24 - 28 April or 21 - 25 August 2017 and chaired by Ambassador Amandeep Singh Gill of India.

It's widely acknowledged that military agencies around the world are already developing lethal autonomous weapons.

When the first multilateral meeting on the development of lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) convened at the U.N. in Geneva in May, not one woman was called to speak on the expert panels that informed the discussions.

Another signatory is one of the world's preeminent AI researchers, Stuart Russell, founder of Bayesian Logic Inc., who described a treaty banning lethal autonomous weapons as «vital for national and international security.»

Last year, women accounted for 42 % of expert speakers at the CCW meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems (14 of 34 speakers), while it was 33 % in 2015 (10 of 30 speakers) and zero in 2014 (0 of 18 speakers).

According to the report, «several nations are working towards the development of lethal autonomous weapons systems that can assess information, choose targets and open fire without human intervention» which raises «new challenges for international law and the protection of noncombatants.»

On Friday, 15 April, states attending the CCW meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems (another term for killer robots) agreed by consensus to recommend that deliberations on the topic continue with the formation of an open - ended Group of Governmental Experts.

At the CCW's Fifth Review Conference last December, states established the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on lethal autonomous weapons systems and scheduled for it to meet twice in 2017.

A «food for thought» paper disseminated by the GGE chair with key questions for states contains several technology and legal / ethical issues that do not directly relate to the issue of lethal autonomous weapons systems.

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 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.

At this week's CCW Fifth Review Conference, China for the first time said it sees a need for a new international instrument on lethal autonomous weapons systems, as it questioned the adequacy of existing international law to deal with the challenges posed.

Nations first agreed to begin discussing lethal autonomous weapons at end of 2013, one year after non-governmental organizations co-founded the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots to work for a preemptive ban on development, production, and use of fully autonomous weapons.

Women comprise 20 % of the panel speakers invited to address the CCW Group of Governmental Experts meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems (5 of 25 speakers).

It is alarmed by the way that the CCW process on lethal autonomous weapons systems has been set back this year, ostensibly by financial obstacles.

The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots urges all nations that have not yet done so to join the 19 countries that support the call for a ban on lethal autonomous weapons system and work towards that objective.

Most of the 118 states that are part of the Convention on Conventional Weapons are expected to participate in the 2015 talks on lethal autonomous weapons systems to be held at the UN in Geneva on 13 - 17 April.

Heyns will address the third meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems at the Convention on Conventional Weapons, which opens at the UN in Geneva on 11 April.

The 58 - page Keeping Control report by Daan Kayser provides an overview of the positions of European states on lethal autonomous weapon systems, including on the call for a ban and on how to ensure weapons systems remain under meaningful human control.

The technical deliberations then turns on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning to focus on «characteristics» or «elements» that can help to establish a common understanding of the defining aspects of concern for lethal autonomous weapons systems.

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.

The letter links to a document outlining «research directions that can help maximize the societal benefit of AI» that includes a list of legal, ethical, and other questions relating to «lethal autonomous weapons systems,» also known as fully autonomous weapons or killer robots.

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.»

The campaign calls on states to continue the Group of Governmental Experts and require that it meet for at least four weeks in 2018 so that it can «lay the groundwork necessary to negotiate a new CCW protocol on lethal autonomous weapons systems.»

Pakistan (10 October)-- «Pakistan also supports the commencement of negotiations in the CD on the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space and Negative Security Assurances, as well as on contemporary issues such as chemical and biological terrorism, lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS), and cyber weapons.»

A few days before, Danish academic Rune Saugmann published an article in foreign policy magazine Ræson describing Denmark's «glaring absence» from the recent UN meeting on lethal autonomous weapons systems.

Nov. 15: States parties to the Convention on Conventional Weapons agree to a mandate to begin work in 2014 on the emerging technology of «lethal autonomous weapons systems.»

Apr. 6: Pakistan's new Foreign Secretary, Tehmina Janjua, reaffirms the government's support for the goal of a preemptive ban on lethal autonomous weapons systems in a letter to the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots.

Sep. 29: Campaign coordinator Mary Wareham speaks on a panel on lethal autonomous weapons systems at a conference on emerging technologies held by the PIR Center and diplomatic academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.