Council of Europe Calls for "Disarmament of Artificial Intelligence: Machines Increasingly Influence War Decisions
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The Red Cross is pushing for a regulation on the use of autonomous weapons systems.
Volker Turk calls for ban on weapons targeting people, says humans must remain in control of use of force
The Commissioner of the Council of Europe for Human Rights, Michael O-Flaherty, called for the urgent adoption of a binding international treaty regulating the use of autonomous weapons, warning that artificial intelligence is increasingly affecting military decisions, including those concerning the identification and targeting of targets. The official draws attention to the fact that some systems can select and attack targets without human inte…
"A machine must never have the power to decide whether a human being survives or dies." Faced with the rise of autonomous weapons and the growing grip of artificial intelligence (AI) on military operations, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, urges States to urgently negotiate a [...]
Next week, states will discuss the future of autonomous weapons. Uno Human Rights Chief Volker Türk is pushing for a ban on those systems that could target people on their own.
The UN and the Red Cross today called on the international community to start negotiating a treaty that restricts the use of autonomous weapons in war, in anticipation of the discussions on this type of weaponry next week. "The international community must now take fundamental decisions on the future of armed conflicts", said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, who insisted that "a machine should never have the power to decide whe…
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