Magnifying Human Confusion: Meaningful Human Control and the Ongoing Debate on Autonomous Weapons

Last week in Vienna, the Austrian government organized a two-day conference to further discussion and the hopeful development of a legally binding instrument to regulate autonomous weapons systems (AWS). The “Vienna Conference” brought in academics, political leaders, and civil society representatives from over 140 countries for the purpose of “further advancing the debate on an international regulation of AWS.” From the Keynote address to the final statement, the theme of “human control” over the use of force was front and center. In particular, the phrase “meaningful human control” was, and continues to be, the preferred term of art.   

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