The age of AI warfare has arrived – and it’s not looking good.
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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.
AI enabled weapons (LAWs) are still in their adolescence, which means we still have a chance to influence their development. But we need to act now.
New weapons will require new rules of war – but there is little appetite for regulation.
Russia’s absurd claims about ‘smart’ landmines show it’s high time the world put limits on autonomous weapons.
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.
New Zealanders are worried about autonomous weapons. But military alliances with the US and Australia, and potential economic gains from local robotics research, mean NZ won’t yet take a tough stand.
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