Renewed Call for Ban on Killer Robots
August 12, 2020
The advocacy group Human Rights Watch, citing its new report on the defense policies of nearly 100 countries, is ramping up its campaign for an international ban on so-called killer robots controlled by artificial intelligence rather than human operators. In Issues, two scholars earlier singled out fully autonomous weapons as one product of artificial intelligence that deserved tighter control, and they proposed a robust decision-making system to ensure that such weapons, as well as other AI-enhanced technologies, stay within a predetermined set of safe operational boundaries.