We’re on the road to developing artificial intelligence systems that will be able to do tasks beyond those they were designed for. But will we be able to control them?
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The Montréal Declaration calls for the responsible development of artificial intelligence. A world expert explains why scientists must choose how their expertise will benefit society.
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.
Robots can’t achieve high fives all round without human-like hands, tactile perception, manipulation control, seamless interaction and human reason, experts say.
We give over control of our lives every day and trust other humans to make ethical decisions. But soon robots will make these decisions for us. Will they be ethical or is it just a numbers game?
The Campaign Against Killer Robots has launched a terrifying film showing why lethal drones need to be banned.
Robots are a twin-edged sword. Used badly, they may one day perpetrate genocide and war crimes. Used well, they can prevent them.
Leading experts in AI and robotics want the Prime Ministers of Australia and Canada to join the growing campaign to ban killer robots.
The unexpected behaviour of even simple bots is only going to get more dramatic as AI scales up.
It’s more than 25 years since Arnold Schwarzenegger returned in the Terminator 2: Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Now he’s back in glorious 3D, so how does the story and the science stack up today?
He’s back! Any mention of the killer robots debate brings images of the Terminator film. But science fiction can be a useful tool to get people interested in the real issues in science.
Not everyone agrees on how artificial intelligence will change the way we live. But it’s not all doom and gloom either.
He spends his days developing artificial intelligence systems. What about AI keeps him up at night?
Treaties banning biological and chemical weapons are in place, and the path is clear to remove nuclear weapons too. Lethal autonomous weapons (killer robots) should be next.
Machines that can target and kill people without human intervention or accountability pose a moral threat to the world.
The future of warfare may include many lethal autonomous weapons, but the world can’t decide how, or if, to regulate them.
We need to ban lethal autonomous weapons, or “killer robots”, as we have done with biological weapons, land mines and blinding lasers, and Australia should take a leading role in making that happen.
When it comes to weapons with artificial intelligence, there’s an argument for keeping a human in charge of some of the action.
Top contributors
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW
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PhD in machine ethics, University of Canterbury
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Professor of English, Macalester College
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Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Southern Denmark
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Professor, Director of the Centre for Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Applied Ethics and Director, Security and Risk Research, University of Portsmouth
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury
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Lecturer in Marketing, Lancaster University
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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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Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW
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Reader, Politics and International Relations Group, Leeds Beckett University
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Professor, School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Global Arts and Politics, University of Southampton
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Researcher in Artificial Intelligence Regulation, Australian National University