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Autonomous Systems &Emerging Technology, William Casebeer, Kevin Chan, Brian David Johnson, Patrick Mcdaniel
Autonomous Systems &Emerging Technology, William Casebeer, Kevin Chan, Brian David Johnson, Patrick Mcdaniel
Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs
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Lessons From Game Theory About Humanizing Next-Generation Weapons, Richard Jordan
Lessons From Game Theory About Humanizing Next-Generation Weapons, Richard Jordan
Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs
This article draws a parallel between nuclear weapons and the next generation of military technology, autonomous systems. It outlines some legal and ethical dilemmas the latter pose, and in particular aspects of the technology that make it dehumanizing. Autonomous systems share all of these attributes with nuclear weapons. This fact should be encouraging, because the dehumanizing effects of nuclear systems have been overcome. Drawing on the evolution of nuclear strategy and the nuclear taboo, I argue that, in negotiating the legal and ethical dilemmas posed by autonomous weapons systems, the role of international law and of normative entrepreneurs will be …