UN Holds First Talks on Autonomous Weapons
November 28, 2017
11/27/17 – The United Nations recently held its first official discussions on how to prevent the use of fully autonomous lethal weapons that can identify and destroy targets without human control. But critics dinged the pace of progress, warning that a “killer robot” arms race is already under way. In Issues, two analysts have approached this matter from a broader perspective, looking at whether and how any devices that rely fundamentally on artificial intelligence should be regulated, and they cited AI-aided lethal weapons as the obvious and most critical place to begin.