A Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator flies near the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush. Image: US Navy
The Conversation: UN fails to agree on ‘killer robot’ ban as nations pour billions into autonomous weapons research
Autonomous weapon systems – commonly known as killer robots – may have killed human beings for the first time ever last year, according to a recent United Nations Security Council report on the Libyan civil war.
History could well identify this as the starting point of the next major arms race, one that has the potential to be humanity’s final one.
The United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons debated the question of banning autonomous weapons at its once-every-five-years review meeting in Geneva Dec. 13-17, 2021, but didn’t reach consensus on a ban.
Established in 1983, the convention has been updated regularly to restrict some of the world’s cruelest conventional weapons, including land mines, booby traps and incendiary weapons.
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UN Fails To Agree On Banning ‘Killer Robots’
No UN agreement on 'killer robot' ban -- Asia Times
U.N. Talks Adjourn Without Deal to Regulate 'Killer Robots' -- Reuters
UN talks fail to reach agreement on killer robots -- The National
UN talks to ban ‘slaughterbots’ collapsed — here’s why that matters -- CNBC
UN didn't condemn nuclear weapons. So?
ReplyDeleteThey could construct Robbie the Robot & C3PO types as useful tools to aid mankind, instead the grown ups go for Terminators & Daleks. Bleedin' typical. Keep ducking 🤖🙉
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