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The age of autonomous weapons is upon us
While the technologies being explored under ‘pillar two’ of the AUKUS security pact are becoming clearer, New Zealand’s policy on autonomous weapons and military AI has become increasingly murky.
AI is going to fundamentally transform how nations wage far. By failing to address it, the defence review leaves Australia unprepared for the future of war.
The technology exists to build autonomous weapons. How well they would work and whether they could be adequately controlled are unknown. The Ukraine war has only turned up the pressure.
The sentient, murderous humanoid robot is a complete fiction, and may never become reality. But that doesn’t mean we’re safe from autonomous weapons – they are already here.
Anduril says it is “transforming US & allied military capabilities with advanced technology” – and it’s setting up shop in Australia.
New weapons will require new rules of war – but there is little appetite for regulation.
Sci-fi nightmares of a robot apocalypse aside, autonomous weapons are a very real threat to humanity. An expert on the weapons explains how the emerging arms race could be humanity’s last.
Sci-fi nightmares of a robot apocalypse aside, autonomous weapons are a very real threat to humanity. An expert on the weapons explains how the emerging arms race could be humanity’s last.
Modified commercial drones are getting more powerful and can easily be turned into weapons. A researcher argues for ways to prevent their development.
Science fiction has made us vigilant of ‘killer robots’ in our midst, but they’re far closer than many of us realise.
We already have some autonomous weapons – so talk of any ban should focus on where we draw the line on what is acceptable, and what is not. Can we at least agree on that?
The debate on autonomous weapons isn’t paying enough attention to the technology already in use.
A standard element of international humanitarian law since 1899 should guide countries as they consider banning lethal autonomous weapons systems.
The Campaign Against Killer Robots has launched a terrifying film showing why lethal drones need to be banned.
Leading experts in AI and robotics want the Prime Ministers of Australia and Canada to join the growing campaign to ban killer robots.
Technologists need to understand the society in which they live, and the effect their inventions could have on it.
It won’t be like an army of robots marching in the streets, but AI hacking is on the horizon.
The unexpected behaviour of even simple bots is only going to get more dramatic as AI scales up.
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of English, Macalester College
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Professor of Applied Ethics and Director, Security and Risk Research, University of Portsmouth
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Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Professor, School of Sociology; Geary Fellow, Geary Institute for Public Policy, University College Dublin
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Associate Professor in Computational Logic, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in International Relations, University of Canterbury
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Lecturer on Law and Associate Director of Armed Conflict and Civilian Protection, International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School, Harvard University
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science, North Dakota State University
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Lecturer in Marketing, Lancaster University
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Reader, Politics and International Relations Group, Leeds Beckett University
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Southern Denmark
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Postdoctoral fellow, University of Canterbury
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Postdoctoral Fellow, RMIT Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation, RMIT University
