Autonomous weapons
A movement towards greater autonomy in weapons systems risks a dehumanised future of machines being tasked to apply force and kill without people understanding or being fully responsible for the consequences. We are working for a New International Legal Treaty covering a broad scope of sensor-based weapons systems, which must prohibit fundamentally unacceptable systems and keep control over the rest.
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Target profiles as a basis for rule-making in discussions on autonomy in weapons systems
Shifting definitions – the UK and Autonomous Weapons Systems
Autonomous weapon systems: Evaluating the capacity for ‘meaningful human control’ in weapon review processes
Article 36 reviews and addressing Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
Key elements of meaningful human control
Meaningful Human Control, Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Weapons
The United Kingdom and lethal autonomous weapons systems
Submission to the Science and Technology Committee inquiry into robotics and artificial intelligence
Killing by machine: Key issues for understanding meaningful human control
Briefing note for UK parliamentary roundtable ahead of CCW meeting on ‘lethal autonomous weapons systems’
Key areas for debate on autonomous weapons systems
Some key issues in humanitarian disarmament
Structuring debate on autonomous weapons systems
Killer robots: UK Government Policy on Fully Autonomous Weapons
Independent analysis for policy and humanitarian action
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