ARCHIVE PHOTO: A model of ECA Robotics' K-Ster Mine Killer is displayed at the MAST Asia 2015, defence exhibition and conference in Yokohama, south of Tokyo May 13, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
Reuters: Nations dawdle on agreeing rules to control 'killer robots' in future wars
Nations are investing in developing lethal autonomous weapons systems which can identify, target, and kill a person all on their own - but there are no international laws governing their use.
NAIROBI, Jan 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Countries are rapidly developing "killer robots" - machines with artificial intelligence (AI) that independently kill - but are moving at a snail's pace on agreeing global rules over their use in future wars, warn technology and human rights experts.
From drones and missiles to tanks and submarines, semi-autonomous weapons systems have been used for decades to eliminate targets in modern day warfare - but they all have human supervision.
Nations such as the United States, Russia and Israel are now investing in developing lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) which can identify, target, and kill a person all on their own - but to date there are no international laws governing their use.
"Some kind of human control is necessary ... Only humans can make context-specific judgements of distinction, proportionality and precautions in combat," said Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
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WNU Editor: The genie is out of the box on this one.
3 comments:
So how do you pronounce the name of the yellow thing called K-ster?
Kiester?
Suppressed news: George Soros is funding development and deployment of killer drones to target conservatives going to the polls for the 2020 Presidential election on November 3, 2020.
I watched a couple of interesting documentaries on Killer robots & time travel. In the 1st doc, a robot came back from the future to exterminate ladies by the name of Sarah Cannar. In the 2nd another identical model came back to protect an obnoxious youth called Jahn Cannar.It was quite Police-phobic as it shot the doodoo out of a police robot. True story 🖖😮
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