Use of AI in weaponry and war demands great care over ‘accountability gap’

Published on May 22, 2024

In his address to the 1978 United Nations General Assembly, Pope John Paul II emphasised that “research and technology must always be at the service of man”. Forty six years later, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is quickly shaping not only the future of work, society and home life, but increasingly we are seeing AI being armed and sent into battle.

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