Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Essex, 2019) issued under title: The legitimacy and accountability for the deployment of autonomous weapon systems under international humanitarian law. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introducing autonomous systems of war : the challenges of artificial intelligence -- AWS : the current state of the AWS debate and of state policy -- Autonomous weapons systems and 'autonomy' : weapons or killer robots? -- AWS and the IHL requirements -- Accountability and liability for the deployment of autonomous weapon systems -- Final conclusion.
Summary:
"Increasing progress in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and greater understanding of its many potential applications in warfare have, for some time now, given rise to much heated international debate. While drone technology has already demonstrated that modern weapons of war can be 'uninhabited' (no human operator is to be found inside the drone) and remotely controlled, current research on AI has begun investigating the feasibility of producing autonomous weapon systems.2 Seducing some and scaring others, weapon systems capable of identifying, selecting, and engaging military targets without human intervention could in the not too distant future, be deployed on the battlefield"-- Provided by publisher.
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