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Autonomous Weapons

SOURCE: The Conversation
9/29/2021

Autonomous Robot Weapons Could be More Destabilizing than Nukes

by James Dawes

"Imagine a world in which militaries, insurgent groups and international and domestic terrorists can deploy theoretically unlimited lethal force at theoretically zero risk at times and places of their choosing, with no resulting legal accountability."

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Autonomous Weapons

Autonomous Robot Weapons Could be More Destabilizing than Nukes

by James Dawes