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Law And Ethics For Robot Soldiers, Kenneth Anderson, Matthew Waxman Apr 2012

Law And Ethics For Robot Soldiers, Kenneth Anderson, Matthew Waxman

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Policy Review American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2012-32 Columbia Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Working Paper Group Paper No.12-313AbstractLethal autonomous machines will inevitably enter the future battlefield — but they will do so incrementally, one small step at a time. The combination of inevitable and incremental development raises not only complex strategic and operational questions but also profound legal and ethical ones. The inevitability of these technologies comes from both supply-side and demand-side factors. Advances in sensor and computational technologies will supply “smarter” machines that can be programmed to kill or destroy, while the increasing tempo of …


Law And Ethics For Robot Soldiers, Kenneth Anderson, Matthew Waxman Apr 2012

Law And Ethics For Robot Soldiers, Kenneth Anderson, Matthew Waxman

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Policy Review American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2012-32 Columbia Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Working Paper Group Paper No.12-313AbstractLethal autonomous machines will inevitably enter the future battlefield — but they will do so incrementally, one small step at a time. The combination of inevitable and incremental development raises not only complex strategic and operational questions but also profound legal and ethical ones. The inevitability of these technologies comes from both supply-side and demand-side factors. Advances in sensor and computational technologies will supply “smarter” machines that can be programmed to kill or destroy, while the increasing tempo of …


Roberts To America: Trust Us, Herman Schwartz, William Yeomans Jan 2012

Roberts To America: Trust Us, Herman Schwartz, William Yeomans

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