Setting the guardrails for AI in weapons

Published on January 30, 2024

Setting the guardrails for AI in weapons

Any governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) needs to consider the deadliest applications of AI

For as much as there have been calls for ethical guidelines and new governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI), policymakers, and members of industry have shied away from including the ethical and legal impact and effects of AI in weapons systems. Some recommendations for AI governance exclude military applications of AI explicitly, such as the European Union’s (EU) Draft AI Act, others do this implicitly by simply not mentioning this use context.

However, we cannot expect the various AI governance initiatives to succeed if people do not look at the full scope of challenges associated with AI. We cannot address issues of AI without also considering the deadliest uses of AI: AI in weapons systems.

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