In a letter delivered to the Prime Minister's Office last week, we exhort Justin Trudeau to join an international call to ban autonomous weapons that remove
meaningful human control in the deployment of lethal force.
Members of the Artificial Intelligence research community exhort the Prime Minister of Canada to join the international call to ban lethal autonomous weapons that remove
meaningful human control in the deployment of lethal force.
Not exact matches
They should also explore how to maintain «
meaningful human control» over intelligent machines,
in order to avoid «undesired consequences».
Weapons reviews must be grounded
in new and robust international law that clearly and deliberately puts
meaningful human control at the centre of all weapons development.
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.
In July 2015, thousands of AI researchers from around the world signed an open letter to the UN calling for a ban on offensive autonomous weapons beyond
meaningful human control.
In view of the rapid pace of developments in military robotics, it is now urgent for States to consider what constitutes meaningful, or appropriate or effective, human control over the use of forc
In view of the rapid pace of developments
in military robotics, it is now urgent for States to consider what constitutes meaningful, or appropriate or effective, human control over the use of forc
in military robotics, it is now urgent for States to consider what constitutes
meaningful, or appropriate or effective,
human control over the use of force.
The U.S. Department of Defense's Directive on Autonomous Weapons permits under - secretaries of defense,
in certain cases, to bend its rule that weapons remain under
meaningful human control.
Meaningful Human Control could be a very relevant subject of our CCW - meeting on topic
in 2015.
The campaign urges states to participate
in the CCW Group of Governmental Experts meeting, which opens at the United Nations (UN) on Monday, 9 April, and to commit to retain
meaningful human control of weapons systems and over individual attacks.
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.»
The talks could and should result
in a new CCW protocol requiring
meaningful human control over attacks and prohibiting lethal autonomous weapons systems (systems that do not allow for that
human control).
In February 2016, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association issued a report recommending that «autonomous weapons systems that require no
meaningful human control should be prohibited.»
Nearly all of the 90 countries participating
in this debate have acknowledged the need to retain
meaningful or necessary
human control over the use of force involving autonomous weapons.
In the afternoon session chaired by Ambassador Beatriz Londono Soto of Colombia four presenters from Germany, the Netherlands, and UK will address indicator - based approaches,
meaningful human control, and
human judgment.
2017 has the potential to be a pivotal year
in efforts to ensure that all weapons have
meaningful human control.
Switzerland shares the concern expressed by several states with regard to the development of weapons systems which
in their acquisition, identification and attack of targets, including
human ones, are not subject to
meaningful human control.
In February 2016, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association presented a report to the
Human Rights Council that recommended: «Autonomous weapons systems that require no meaningful human control should be prohibited.&r
Human Rights Council that recommended: «Autonomous weapons systems that require no
meaningful human control should be prohibited.&r
human control should be prohibited.»
The document also observes that «there will be technical work needed
in order to ensure that
meaningful human control is maintained.»
Under a section elaborating on «
control» (page 5), the authors note that «for certain types of safety - critical AI systems — especially vehicles and weapons platforms — it may be desirable to retain some form of
meaningful human control, whether this means a
human in the loop, on the loop, or some other protocol.»
These and other systems with high degrees of autonomy must be examined
in order to understand how
meaningful human control is exercised and how civilians can be afforded adequate and lasting protections.
Wareham addressed Russia's desire for a working definition and affirmed that «by retaining
meaningful human control over the use of lethal force
in each individual attack we can
in effect prohibit the use of fully autonomous weapons and thus achieve a preemptive ban.»
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.
It tracks significant developments
in government policy and practice as well as activities aimed at addressing the challenges raised by weapons that could select and attack targets without
meaningful human control.
It is time for experts from governments to make explicit where they draw the line
in increasing autonomy
in weapon systems and determine how to retain
meaningful human control over 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.
In February 2016, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association issued a report containing the recommendation that «autonomous weapons systems that require no
meaningful human control should be prohibited.»
The need for
meaningful or adequate or another form of «
human control» has been central to the debate with the majority of states speaking
in support of retaining it.
KAIST President Sung - Chul Shin is trying to tamp down concerns, noting
in a statement to Times Higher Education the university won't «conduct any research activities counter to
human dignity, including autonomous weapons lacking
meaningful human control.»