As technology advances, machines will increasingly serve as moral arbiters of difficult and
convoluted war tasks. Humanity is already in the dawn of the “Autonomous Revolution” and …

Robotic weapons are widely believed to be the future of war. 1 Dramatic progress in the
science and engineering of robotics, alongside the perceived success of the US Predator …

ABSTRACT Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS) are artificial intelligence systems that can
make and act on decisions concerning the termination of enemy soldiers and installations …

This chapter articulates and discusses several arguments against the lethal use of
unmanned aerial vehicles, often called drones. A distinction is made between targeted …

In this paper we look into some of the arguments put forward in favor of building lethal
autonomous weapons systems (LAWS), which would be superior to human ethical …

There is growing concern in some quarters that the drones used by the United States and
others represent precursors to the further automation of military force through the use of …

From a philosophical point of view, we are focusing on the moral responsibility related to
concrete persons or groups of persons who are interacting with drones or talking about …

Moral uncertainty surrounding the use of armed drones has been a persistent problem for
more than two decades. In response, Moralities of Drone Violence aims to provide greater …

The ability of machines to make truly independent and autonomous decisions is a goal of
many, not least of military leaders who wish to take the human out of the loop as much as …

This chapter addresses the military promise of artificial intelligence (AI), which is increasing
along with advances in deep learning, neural networks, and robotics. The influence of AI will …