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 …
E Riesen - Journal of Military Ethics, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS) are artificial intelligence systems that can make and act on decisions concerning the termination of enemy soldiers and installations …
M Coeckelbergh - The Future of Drone Use: Opportunities and Threats …, 2016 - Springer
This chapter articulates and discusses several arguments against the lethal use of unmanned aerial vehicles, often called drones. A distinction is made between targeted …
E Kinne, G Stojanov - Medecine, 2014 - cdn.aaai.org
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 …
M Funk, B Irrgang, S Leuteritz - Drones and Responsibility, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
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 …
RW Bellaby - Criminal Justice Ethics, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
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 …