Published: 27th Dec, 2021
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For the first time, the vast majority of the 125 countries that are signatories to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons declared their desire for restrictions on killer robots.
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- Autonomous weapon systems – commonly known as killer robots mean drones, guns, and bombs that decide on their own, with artificial brains, whether to attack and kill.
- These systems are deadly weapon-wielding robots that are capable of autonomous operation, target selection, and assault without human intervention.
- Militaries worldwide are investing heavily in autonomous weapons research and development.
- The U.S. alone budgeted US$18 billion for autonomous weapons between 2016 and 2020.
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Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW)
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Issues with autonomous weapons
- The problem of misidentification
- threaten the last line of defense put up by mankind against war crimes and horrors
- lack of accountability
- legal and moral challenge
- Shifting blame game
- The problems of low-end and high-end proliferation (autonomous weapons could get into the hands of people outside of government control, including international and domestic terrorists)
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