Not exact matches
In the CCW's work on
autonomous weapons systems, we have learned
more about Article 36 reviews but it is clear that states need to be
more transparent, systemic and rigorous in their
weapons review processes.
This growth reflects the strength of the «no
more manpanels» initiative that campaigners started after the first CCW meeting on lethal
autonomous weapons systems in May 2014 featured 18 speakers but all were men.
The most significant development for the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots in 2016 came at the very end of the year when countries agreed to formalize and dedicate
more time to their deliberations on lethal
autonomous weapons systems.
We need
more answers,
more conclusions and, ultimately, some decisions need to be made regarding lethal
autonomous weapons systems.
While developing new
weapon systems, both LAWS as well as
weapon systems with
more advanced
autonomous functions in general, states should remain within the boundaries of international law.
She said «in past discussions at the CCW, some states have expressed concern that a prohibition on
autonomous weapons systems would have a negative impact on AI research
more broadly.
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.
After deliberating for two years on questions relating to «lethal
autonomous weapons systems,» the time has come for states to commit to a
more substantive process aimed at achieving an outcome that addresses the multiple concerns raised over the
weapons.
Sep. 3:
More than 20 countries attend a seminar convened by France at the UN in Geneva on fully
autonomous weapons systems.
Nov. 2 (Ottawa)
More than 200 Canadians working in the field of artificial intelligence, including AI pioneers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, issued an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, demanding Canada to support the call to ban lethal
autonomous weapons systems and commit to working with other states to conclude a new international agreement that achieves this objective
On 2 November 2017,
more than 120 members of the Australian AI research community wrote to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to ask Australia to endorse the call to ban lethal
autonomous weapons systems and commit to working with other states to conclude a new international agreement that achieves this objective.
In the «research priorities» document section on «Computer Science Research for Robust AI» (page 3), the authors note that «as
autonomous systems become
more prevalent in society, it becomes increasingly important that they robustly behave as intended,» and state that the development of
autonomous weapons and other
systems has «therefore stoked interest in high - assurance
systems where strong robustness guarantees can be made.»
More than 100 nations are expected to attend the Convention on Conventional
Weapons (CCW) experts meeting on «lethal
autonomous weapons systems.»