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.
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.
The key question posed under control is «how to enable
meaningful human control over an AI system after it begins to operate?»
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 imperative of maintaining
meaningful human control over targeting and attack decisions emerged as the primary point of common ground at the meeting.
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.»
«We are calling on Canada to act now to ensure that there is always
meaningful human control over weapons.
These are future weapons systems that would lack
meaningful human control over the critical functions of selecting and attacking targets.
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).
«As part of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, we have frequently heard from Canadians that they want to ensure that there is
meaningful human control over weapons at all times.
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.
Not exact matches
They should also explore how to maintain «
meaningful human control»
over intelligent machines, in order to avoid «undesired consequences».
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 force.
There is a need to ensure appropriate or
meaningful human control or judgement
over the use of force, including the use of lethal force against
human targets.
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.
From this rich dialogue some nascent concepts or principles are finding broad agreement, most notably the notion that
meaningful human control must be retained
over the operation of weapons systems.
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.
This move by the world's largest pension fund should spur similar funds and other investors to take a critical look at their investments amid rising concerns
over weapons that would select and attack targets without
meaningful human control.
Meanwhile, concerns are mounting
over these weapons, that, once activated, would select and fire on targets without
meaningful human control.
The document asks «how should «
meaningful human control»
over weapons be defined?»