Documents, articles & Blogs on autonomous weapons
Academic papers, Working papers, Policy papers & Background documents
- Center for Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence - Arms Control and Lethal Autonomy
- Center for Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence - Incorporating Autonomy Into Warfighting
- American University Washington College of Law, Columbia Public Law Research Paper - Law and Ethics for Autonomous Weapon Systems: Why A Ban Won’t Work and How the Laws of War Can by Kenneth Anderson & Matthew C. Waxman
- Background - Lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS), unog.ch
- The Columbia Science and Technology Law Review - International Governance of Autonomous Military Robots, Gary E. Marchant, Braden Allenby, Ronald Arkin, Edward T. Barrett, Jason Borenstein, Lyn M. Gaudet, Orde Kittrie, Patrick Lin, George R. Lucas, Richard O’Meara, Jared Silberman
- Reaching Critical Will - Fully Autonomous Weapons
- Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy (EPAP) -Weapons Systems: Autonomy in by Hin-Yan Liu
- Commonwealth of Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States - Draft articles on autonomous weapon systems – prohibitions and other regulatory measures on the basis of international humanitarian law (“IHL”)
- Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Proposal for an international legal instrument on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), 08 March 2023
- State of Palestine - State of Palestine’s Proposal for the Normative and Operational Framework on Autonomous Weapons Systems, 03 March 2023
- Republic of Austria - Revised working paper, 03 March 2023
- Report of the 2022 session of the Group of Governmental Experts on Emerging Technologies in the Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, 31 August 2022
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) - Defense Primer: U.S. Policy on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems, 14 November 2022
- Russian Federation - Considerations for the report of the Group of Governmental Experts of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons on emerging technologies in the area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems on the outcomes of the work undertaken in 2017-2021, 27 September 2021
- Commonwealth of Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States - Building on Chile’s Proposed Four Elements of Further Work for the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on Emerging Technologies in the Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), 27 September 2021
- United States of America - U.S. Proposals on Aspects of the Normative and Operational Framework, 27 September 2021
- French Republic - Possible consensus recommendations in relation to the clarification, consideration and development of aspects on the normative and operational framework on emerging technologies in the area of LAWS, 27 September 2021
- French Republic & Federal Republic of Germany - Outline for a normative and operational framework on emerging technologies in the area of LAWS, 27 September 2021
- Human Rights Watch - Elements of and Models for a Treaty on Killer Robots, October 2020
- Article 36 - ‘Autonomous’ Weapons: Building Towards International Regulation From Contributions to the CCW by Elizabeth Minor, October 2020
- Group of Governmental Experts on Emerging Technologies in the Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons System - Operationalizing the Guiding Principles: a roadmap for the GGE on LAWS, Submitted by Brazil, 6 August 2020
- Group of Governmental Experts on Emerging Technologies in the Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons System - Working paper by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and Other States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), 14 September 2020
- SIPRI - Limits On Autonomy in Weapon Systems, Identifying Practical Elements Of Human Control by Vincent Boulanin, Neil Davison, Netta Goussac And Moa Peldán Carlsson, June 2020
- Article 36 - From “pink eyed terminators” to a cleareyed policy response? March 2020
- Article 36 - Autonomy in weapons systems – considering approaches to regulation March 2020
- Group of governmental experts on emerging technologies in the area of lethal autonomous weapons systems - Commonalities in national commentaries on guiding principles, 2020
- The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies - Towards Responsible Autonomy, The Ethics of Robotic and Autonomous Systems in a Military Contex by Esther Chavannes and Amit Arkhipov-Goyal, September 2019
- Group of Governmental Experts on Emerging Technologies in the Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons System - Report of the 2019 session of the Group of Governmental Experts on Emerging Technologies in the Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, 25 September 2019
- ICRC - Autonomy, artificial intelligence and robotics: Technical aspects of human control, 20 August 2019
- PAX - Don't be evil? by Frank Slijper, Alice Beck, Daan Kayser and Maaike Beenes,19 August 2019
- Congressional Research Service - International Discussions Concerning Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems by Zelin Liu and Michael Moodie, 16 August 2019
- Human Rights Watch, HEED THE CALL, A Moral and Legal Imperative to Ban Killer Robots, 21 August 2018
- ICRAC - Guidelines for the human control of weapons by Noel Sharkey, 10 April 2018
- Campaign to Stop Killer Robots - Letter to France, 3 April 2018
- Campaign to Stop Killer Robots - Retaining human control of weapons systems, April 2018
- Campaign to Stop Killer Robots - Letter to Republic of Korea, 5 March 2018
- Campaign to Stop Killer Robots - Letter to Google, 2 March 2018
- Center for Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence - Redefining Human Control: Lessons from the Battlefield for Autonomous Weapons, March 2018
- The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence: Forecasting, Prevention, and Mitigation, February 2018
- Yale Journal of International Affairs, Volume 12 - Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems Adapting to the Future of Unmanned Warfare and Unaccountable Robots By Aiden Warren and Alek Hillas, Spring 2017
- Art 36 - Autonomous weapon systems: Evaluating the capacity for ‘meaningful human control’ in weapon review processes, November 2017
- UNIDIR - The Weaponization of Increasingly Autonomous Technologies: Concerns, Characteristics and Definitional Approaches, 2017
- Campaign to Stop Killer Robots - Country Views on Killer Robots, 16 November 2017
- SIPRI - Mapping the Development of Autonomy in Weapon Systems by Vincent Boulanin and Maaike Verbruggen, November 2017
- UNODA Occasional Papers No. 30 - Perspectives on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems, November 2017
- Center for Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence & Autonomy Opportunities and Challenges by Andrew Ilachinski, October 2017
- Center for Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence, Insights for the Third Offset: Addressing Challenges of Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence in Military Operations by Larry Lewis, September 2017
- Campaign to Stop Killer Robots - Who Supports the Call to Ban Killer Robots?, 27 June 2017
- Geneva Academy - Defending the Boundary, Constraints and Requirements on the Use of Autonomous Weapon Systems Under International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law by Maya Brehm, May 2017
- Geneva Academy - Research Brief, Defending the Boundary, Constraints and Requirements on the Use of Autonomous Weapon Systems Under International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law by Maya Brehm, May 2017
- Federal Foreign Office - Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems Technology, Definition, Ethics, Law & Security, 9 February 2017
- Center for Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence - AI, Robots, and Swarms: Issues, Questions, and Recommended Studies by Andrew Ilachinski, January 2017
- DIPLO - Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems: Mapping the GGE Debate by Barbara Rosen Jacobson, 2017
- Salus Journal, The Future of Killing: Ethical and Legal Implications of Fully Autonomous Weapon Systems by Martin Lark, 2017
- The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies - Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Defense by Stephan De Spiegeleire, Matthijs Maas and Tim Sweijs, 2017
- Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland - Autonomous Weapons Systems and International Humanitarian Law: ‘Out Of The Loop’? by Jarna Petman, LL.D., 2017
- SIPRI - Mapping the Development of Autonomy in Weapon Systems, A primer on autonomy by Vincent Boulanin, December 2016
- SIPRI - Mapping the Innovation Ecosystem Driving, The Advance of Autonomy in Weapon Systems by Vincent Boulanin, December 2016
- SECNAV - The Implications of Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems on Foreign Policy by Ted W. Schroeder, December 2016
- SECNAV, Policies on the Employment of Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems in Future Conflicts by Ted W. Schroeder, December 2016
- Observer Research Foundation - Towards policy clarity on Autonomous Weapons Systems by Jeremy B. England, 16 December 2016
- Observer Research Foundation - Unmanned and Autonomous Vehicles and Future Maritime Operations in Littoral Asia by Abhijit Singh, 28 July 2016
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - India and the Challenge of Autonomous Weapons by R. Shashank Reddy, June 2016
- Observer Research Foundation - Command and Ctrl: India’s Place in the Lethal Autonomous Weapons Regime by Bedavyasa Mohanty, 25 May 2016
- Congressional Research Service - Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems: Issues for Congress, 14 April 2016
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Autonomous weapons: Decisions to kill and destroy are a human responsibility Statement of the ICRC, read at the Meeting of Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, 11 April 2016
- Heritage Foundation - A Manual Adapting the Law of Armed Conflict to Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems by Steven Grove, 7 April 2016
- Article 36, The United Kingdom and lethal autonomous weapons systems, April 2016
- EU Non-Proliferation Consortium, Non-Proliferation Papers No. 39 - Mapping the Debate on Laws at the CcCW: Taking Stock and Moving Forward by Vincent Boulanin, March 2016
- Center for a New American Security - Autonomous Weapons and Operational Risk / Ethical Autonomy Project by Paul Scharre, February 2016
- Ethics Council of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global - The weapon criterion and the development of autonomous weapons, February 2016
- UNIDIR - Unintentional Risk and Accidents in the Weaponization of Increasingly Autonomous Technologies, 2016
- U.S Army War College - Autonomous Weapon Systems: A Brief Survey of Developmental, Operational, Legal, And Ethical Issues by Jeffrey L. Caton, December 2015
- SIPRI - Implementing Article 36 Weapon Reviews in the Light of Increasing Autonomy in Weapon Systems by Vincent Boulanin, November 2015
- U.S Naval War College - International Law Studies - Twenty Seconds to Comply: Autonomous Weapon Systems and the Recognition of Surrender by Robert Sparrow, October 2015
- Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung | International Policy Analysis - The International-Law Dimension of Autonomous Weapons Systems by Robin Geiss, October 2015
- U.S Naval War College, International Law Studies - Emerging Technologies and LOAC Signaling by Eric Talbot Jensen, August 2015
- U.S Naval War College, International Law Studies - Nanotechnology and the Future of the Law of Weaponry by Hitoshi Nasu, July 2015
- U.S Naval War College, International Law Studies - Emerging Technology and Perfidy in Armed Conflict by Ian Henderson, Jordan den Dulk & Angeline Lewis, July 2015
- Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) -The UN and Autonomous Weapons Systems: A Missed Opportunity? by Liran Antebi, 9 June 2015
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Autonomous weapon systems: Is it morally acceptable for a machine to make life and death decisions?, Meeting of Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), 13 - 17 April 2015, Geneva. Statement of the ICRC
- Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (ADH) - Meaningful human control by Maya Brehm, 14 April 2015
- Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung ISPSW- Autonomous Warfare – A Revolution in Military Affairs by Maxim Worcester, April 2015
- Campaign to Stop Killer Robots - Country Policy Positions, 25 March 2015
- National Model United Nations • New York - Documentation of the Work of the General Assembly First Committee, 22-26 March 2015
- The Heritage Foundation - The U.S. Should Oppose the U.N.’s Attempt to Ban Autonomous Weapons by Steven Groves, March 5, 2015
- Center for a New American Security, Meaningful Human Control in Weapon Systems: A Primer by Michael C. Horowitz and Paul Scharre, March 2015
- Hoover Institution - Comparing The Strategic and Legal Features of Cyberwar, Drone Warfare, and Autonomous Weapon Systems by Kenneth Anderson, February 27 2015
- Center for a New American Security - An Introduction to Autonomy in Weapon Systems by Paul Scharre and Michael C. Horowitz, February 2015
- Human Rights Watch - Mind the Gap The Lack of Accountability for Killer Robots, 2015
- Cambridge University Press - Refining Responsibility: Differentiating Two Types of Responsibility Issues Raised by Autonomous Weapons Systems by Hin-Yan Liu, 2015
- UNIDIR - The Weaponization of Increasingly Autonomous Technologies in the Maritime Environment: Testing the Waters, 2015
- UNIDIR - The Weaponization of Increasingly Autonomous Technologies: Considering Ethics and Social Values, 2015
- U.S Naval War College, International Law Studies - Adapting the Law of Armed Conflict to Autonomous Weapon Systems by Kenneth Anderson, Daniel Reisner and Matthew Waxman, December 2014
- U.S Naval War College, International Law Studies - Mind the Gap: Can Developers of Autonomous Weapons Systems be Liable for War Crimes? by Tim McFarland and Tim McCormack, December 2014
- U.S Naval War College, International Law Studies - Autonomous Weapons and International Humanitarian Law: Advantages, Open Technical Questions and Legal Issues to be Clarified by Marco Sassóli, December 2014
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Autonomous weapon systems - Q & A, 12 November 2014
- Center for Security Studies (CSS) - Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems: Future Challenges by Matthias Bieri and Marcel Dickow, November 2014
- Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights - Autonomous Weapon Systems under International Law, November 2014
- Could autonomous weapons systems be used legally under the Law of Armed Conflict? by Joshua Hughes, 1st September 2014
- The Heritage Foundation - Autonomous Military Technology: Opportunities and Challenges for Policy and Law by James Jay Carafano, August 6, 2014
- ICRC - Report of the ICRC Expert Meeting on ‘Autonomous weapon systems: technical, military, legal and humanitarian aspects’, 26-28 March 2014, 9 May 2014
- Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) - Sustaining the US Lead in Unmanned Systems by Samuel J. Brannen, February 2014
- Hoover Institution - Emerging Threats: Out of the Loop: The Human-free Future of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles by Shane Harris, January 19 2014
- UNIDIR - The Weaponization of Increasingly Autonomous Technologies: Considering how Meaningful Human Control might move the discussion forward, 2014
- UNIDIR - Framing Discussions on the Weaponization of Increasingly Autonomous Technologies, 2014
- Report of the 2014 informal Meeting of Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS)
- Georgetown Journal of International Law, Vol. 45 - Autonomous Weapons and Human Responsibilities by Jack M. Beard, 2014
- ICRC - Armes autonomes : les États doivent résoudre des problèmes éthiques et humanitaires majeurs, FAQ, 2 September 2013
- Georgia Institute of Technology - Lethal Autonomous Systems and the Plight of the Non-combatant, Ronald Arkin, July 2013
- Examining Autonomous Weapon Systems from a Law of Armed Conflict Perspective by Jeffrey S. Thurnher, June 11, 2013
- Harvard National Security Journal - "Out of the Loop": Autonomous Weapon Systems and the Law of Armed Conflict by Michael N. Schmitt & Jeffrey S. Thurnher, 22 May 2013
- European Parliament - Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union - Human Rights Implications of the Usage of Drones and Unmanned Robots in Warfare, May 2013
- Human Rights Watch - Review of the 2012 US Policy on Autonomy in Weapons Systems, 15 April 2013
- Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns, 9 April 2013
- Hoover Institution - Law and Ethics for Autonomous Weapon Systems: Why a Ban Won’t Work and How the Laws of War Can by Matthew Waxman, Kenneth Anderson, Tuesday, April 9 2013
- Article 36 - Killer Robots: UK Government Policy on Fully Autonomous Weapons, April 2013
- Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection (PHAP) - Autonomous Weapons – Potential advantages for the respect of international humanitarian law by Marco Sassòli, 2 March 2013
- Harvard National Security Journal - Autonomous Weapon Systems and International Humanitarian Law: A Reply to the Critics by Michael N. Schmitt, 5 February 2013
- U.S Department of Defense - DIRECTIVE NUMBER 3000.09, Autonomy in Weapon Systems, November 21, 2012
- Autonomy in the Battlespace: Independently Operating Weapon Systems and the Law of Armed Conflict by Markus Wagner, November 12, 2012
- Department of Defense, Defense Science Board - The Role of Autonomy in DoD Systems, July 2012
- International Review of the Red Cross, Volume 94 / Issue 886, pp 687 709 - On banning autonomous weapon systems: human rights, automation, and the dehumanization of lethal decision-making by Peter Asaro, June 2012
- American University, WCL - Law and Ethics for Robot Soldiers Policy Review by Kenneth Anderson & Matthew Waxman, April 5, 2012
- U.S Naval War College, International Law Studies - Lawfare Today . . . and Tomorrow by Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., August 2011
- U.S Naval War College, International Law Studies - New Technology and the Law of Armed Conflict by Darren M. Stewart, August 2011
- Harvard National Security Journal - Post-Human Humanitarian Law: The Law of War in the Age of Robotic Weapons by Vik Kanwar, June 2, 2011
- UK Ministry of Defense - Joint Doctrine Note 2/11, The UK Approach to Unmanned Aircraft Systems, 30 March 2011
News & Press Articles
- Le Monde - Faut-il interdire les robots tueurs autonomes? by Frédéric Joignot
- The Yale Law Journal - The Case for Regulating Fully Autonomous Weapons by John Lewis
- Aviation Today - Policy Discussions on Ethical and Responsible Use of Autonomous Weapons Likely by Frank Wolfe, 19 October 2020
- The Guardian - ‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: the dangerous rise of military AI by Frank Pasquale 15 October 2020
- Foreign Policy - A Partial Ban on Autonomous Weapons Would Make Everyone Safer by Zachary Kallenborn 14 October 2020
- The Star - Canada’s deafening silence on the creation of autonomous weapons by Branka Marijan, 09 October 2020
- The Diplomat - Pentagon Hosts Meeting on Ethical Use of Military AI With Allies and Partners by Abhijnan Rej, 26 September 2020
- Tech Xplore - Are lethal autonomous weapons the future of warfare? by Ben Knight, 11 August 2020
- The Japan Times - Talks on rules for AI-based weapons hit snags, 24 July 2020
- The Straits Times - Rules must be made to restrict use of autonomous AI weapons systems, 27 August 2019
- Yahoo News UK - New report claims 'killer robots' will eliminate targets without compassion by Joe Gamp, 23 August 2019
- Le Devoir - Comment faire face à l'arrivée des machines de guerre? By Stéphane Baillargeon - 23 August 2019
- Le Temps - Développement des armes autonomes : Amazon, Intel et Microsoft pointés du doigt, 22 August 2019
- TV5 Monde - Les "robots tueurs" ou armes autonomes by Stéphane Koguca and Elia Vaissiere, 22 August 2019
- The Times of Israel - Amazon, Microsoft, Intel ‘putting world at risk of killer AI’ — study by Issam Ahmed, 22 August 2019
- Al Bawaba - When the Only Option is 'Not to Play'? Autonomous Weapons Systems Debated in Geneva by Sebastian Rees, 21 August 2019
- Deutsche Welle - UN impasse could mean killer robots escape regulation by Nina Werkhäuser, 20 August 2019
- France Info - Nouveau monde. Les robots soldats feront-ils un jour la guerre à la place des hommes ? by Jérôme Colombain, 16 August 2019
- New Scientist - The US Army is developing AI missiles that find their own targets by David Hambling, 14 August 2019
- c4isrnet - Can swarming drones map battles in real time? by Kelsey D. Atherton, 14 August 2019
- c4isrnet - Can robots make an Army platoon 10 times as effective? By Kelsey D. Atherton, 8 August 2019
- Daily FT - The advent of autonomous weapons by Asanga Ranasinghe, 7 August 2019
- c4isrnet - Robots compete to hunt snipers in Navy challenge by Kelsey D. Atherton, 3 July 2019
- c4isrnet - Russia eager to prove recent conflicts improved its robots by Kelsey D. Atherton, 27 June 2019
- Futurism - Experts: It’d Be “Relatively Easy” to Deploy Killer Robots by 2021 by Kristin Houser, 21 June 2019
- Vox - Death by algorithm: the age of killer robots is closer than you think by Kelsey Piper, 21 June 2019
- EDGY - Autonomous Weapons: Why the Future of War is Robotic by Zayan Guedim, 26 May 2019
- TNW - Research indicates the only defense against killer AI is not developing it by Tristan Greene, 20 May 2019
- QUARTZ - The “third revolution in warfare” is weapons that can decide to kill on their own by Justin Rohrlich, 11 May 2019
- The Guardian - The rise of the killer robots – and the two women fighting back by Melissa Chan, 8 Apr 2019
- c4isrnet - Could a few stickers fool military vehicles of the future? by Kelsey D. Atherton, 4 April 2019
- Crux - Autonomous weapons systems threaten peace, says Vatican official by Liam McIntyre, 28 March 2019
- Le Temps - Peut-on laisser des armes autonomes tuer à notre place? by Stéphane Bussard, 28 March 2019
- The Times - Nobel peace prizewinning doctors warn killer autonomous robots must be banned by Rhys Blakely, 25 March 2019
- The Brussels Times - Belgium is fighting the introduction of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems by Andy Sanchez, 24 March 2019
- France24 - The fight to stop lethal autonomous weapons by Julia Sieger, March 22, 2019
- The Asahi Shimbun - Japan to seek global rules on autonomous ‘killer robots’ by Ryo Kiyomiya, 14 March 2019
- c4isrnet - Russian system uses infantry to spot for robots by Kelsey D. Atherton, 3 March 2019
- Futurism - Controlling AI Weapons May Be Impossible, Warns Former US Secretary of State by Jacob Banas, 2 March 2019
- Defense One - US Military Changing ‘Killing Machine’ Robo-tank Program After Controversy by Patrick Tucker, 1 March 2019
- QUARTZ - The US Army wants to turn tanks into AI-powered killing machines by Justin Rohrlich, 26 February 2019
- Foreign Policy -No, the Pentagon Is Not Working on Killer Robots—Yet by Lara Seligman, 13 February 2019
- Metro - China is busy adding robot autonomy to its military weapon systems, warns think-tank by Jeff Parsons, 8 February 2019
- The Verge - China is worried an AI arms race could lead to accidental war by James Vincent, 6 February 2019
- c4isrnet - Why the British army tested robots in muddy fields by Grant Turnbull, 11 January 2019
- Defense News - EU members seek common ground on autonomous weapons by Martin Banks, 30 November 2018
- Crux - Vatican official: Prohibit ‘killer robots’ now before they become reality by Carol Glatz, 27 November 2018
- Medium - We all have a stake in banning “killer robots”. Here’s why by Rasha Abdul-Rahim, 21 November 2018
- Le Monde - Les robots et l’art de la guerre by Catherine Vincent, 17 November 2018
- We Talk UAV - Three Groups of Threats from Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems by Vadim Kozyulin, 16 November 2018
- Modern Diplomacy - Three Groups of Threats from Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, by Vadim Kozyulin, 16 November 2018
- Daily Mail - Britain will NOT develop killer robot weapons because they are ‘unethical’, says chief scientist at Ministry of Defence by Kate Ferguson, 13 November 2018
- InDepthNews - Interfaith Statement Pushes for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons by Santo D. Banerjee, 11 November 2018
- Business Insider - China is said to be recruiting an elite group of 'patriotic' kids to help develop AI weapons by Rosie Perper 9 November 2018
- Usbek & Rica - « Le seul moyen de s’opposer aux robots tueurs, c’est de les interdire » by Guillaume Ledit, 9 November 2018
- ZDNet - Killer AI robots must be outlawed, says UN chief by Steve Ranger, 6 November 2018
- Daily Star - UN chief warns ‘seriously dangerous’ KILLER robots must be outlawed by Martin Coulter, 6 November 2018
- Radio Pakistan - Pakistan calls for moratorium on production of Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems, 01 November 2018
- The Conversation - Tuer ou ne pas tuer : le dilemme moral ignoré par les robots tueurs by Eric Martel, 18 October 2018
- Noted - The growing threat of lethal autonomous weapons by Stuart McMillan, 05 October 2018
- Usbek & Rica - L'armée américaine développe un drone capable de voler éternellement by Vincent Lucchese, 5 September 2018
- 24heures - La laborieuse marche pour l’interdiction des robots tueurs, by Alain Jourdan, 29 August 2018
- Concise News - End Emergence Of “Autonomous Weapons” – IANSA Appeals With FG by Jesuwale Stephen, 29 August 2018
- Geek.com - Activists Want to Ban Killer Robots ‘Before It’s Too Late’ by Stephanie Mlot, 29 August 2018
- The Washington Times - 'Slaughterbots': U.S., Russia lead fight to block 'killer robots' ban by Ben Wolfgang, 29 August 2018
- EURACTIV - UN talks: Can the EU stop the charge of the killer robots? by Samuel Stolton, 29 August 2018
- Concise News - End Emergence Of “Autonomous Weapons” – IANSA Appeals With FG by Jesuwale Stephen, 29 August 2018
- Liberation - Les «robots tueurs» dans le viseur des ONG by Pierre Alonso and Maïa Courtois, 28 August 2018
- BFMTV - L’interdiction des "robots tueurs" ne fait (toujours) pas l'unanimité à l'ONU by Elsa Trujillo, 28 August 2018
- The Eagle Online - Group appeals to FG to halt emergence of ‘autonomous weapons’, 28 August 2018
- Japan Today - Activists urge killer robot ban 'before it is too late' by Nina Larson, 28 August 2018
- AP - Experts assemble for UN-hosted meeting on ‘killer robots’ by Jamey Keaten, 28 August 2018
- Fox News - 'Killer robots' are coming and the world is trying to figure out what to do with them by Chris Ciaccia, 27 August 2018
- Handelsblatt - Ban killer robots while we can by Allison Williams, 27 August 2018
- The Verge - Inside the United Nations’ effort to regulate autonomous killer robots by Sono Motoyama, 27 August 2018
- Daily Mail - Killer military robots will create a nightmare dystopia if they are allowed to kill at will, Amnesty International warn as they call on the UN to ban them by Harry Pettit, 27 August 2018
- AFP - Activists urge killer robot ban 'before it is too late', 27 August 2018
- The New York Times - Artificial Intelligence Is Now a Pentagon Priority. Will Silicon Valley Help? by Cade Metz, 26 August 2018
- Newsweek - Putin’s New Weapon? Giant Golden Killer Robot Unveiled in Russia by David Brennan, 23 August 2018
- RTBF - Robots tueurs: "Une intelligence artificielle pourra-t-elle faire la distinction entre civils et militaires?", 23 August 2018
- L’Echo - L'Europe partagée sur les robots tueurs by Frédéric Rohart, 22 August 2018
- EXPRESS - Should killer robots be banned? UN urged to prevent AI killers from violating human rights by Sebastian Kettley, 22 August 2018
- The National - What Socrates might have to say about artificial intelligence and the moral dilemmas behind its military use by Olivier Oullier, 21 August 2018
- The Conversation - Ban ‘killer robots’ to protect fundamental moral and legal principles by Bonnie Docherty, 21 August 2018
- La Tribune - Robots armés autonomes : l’art de la guerre en mutation by Thierry Berthier, 17 August 2017
- c4isrnet - The start of new rules for autonomous weapons by Kelsey Atherton, 16 August 2018
- The Moscow Times - Russia Opposes Killer Robot Ban, Media Reports, 16 August 2018
- RT - Russia opposes blanket ban on AI weapons, supports international political declaration, 16 August 2018
- Singularity Hub - China Is Building a Fleet of Autonomous AI-Powered Submarines. Here Are the Details by Marc Prosser, 15 August 2018
- Le Point - Reeves - Pour une intelligence artificielle au service de l'humanité by Hubert Reeves, 13 August 2018
- UNDARK - The General Is a Robot: Artificial Intelligence Goes to War by Mark Wolverton, 10 August 2018
- TRTWorld - Autonomous weapons systems: Boys' toys or killer robots? by Furkan Akyurek and Didem Kaya Bayram, 8 August 2018
- The Washington Times - A.I. leaders (naively) vow no lethal autonomous weapons by Cheryl K. Chumley, 8 August 2018
- Wired - How China could beat the West in the deadly race for AI weapons by Tom Upchurch, 8 August 2018
- Borneo Bulletin -Tech leaders say killer robots would be ‘dangerously destabilising’ force in the world by Peter Holley, 4 August 2018
- Betakit - Yoshua Bengio among Canadians signing global pledge against AI weaponry by Amira Zubairi, 1 August 2018
- QUARTZ - Autonomous weapons will be tireless, efficient, killing machines—and there is no way to stop them by Andreas Kirsch, 23 July 2018
- Siècle Digital - Elon Musk, DeepMind et d’autres s’engagent à ne pas produire des armes autonomes basées sur l’IA by Haifa Gasmi, 19 July 2018
- Futurism - Top AI Experts Vow They Won’t Help Create Lethal Autonomous Weapons by Kristin Houser 18 July 2018
- The Verge - Elon Musk, DeepMind founders, and others sign pledge to not develop lethal AI weapon systems by James Vincent, 18 July 2018
- Al Jazeera - Tech leaders call for autonomous weapons ban, 18 July 2018
- LCI - Robots tueurs : des grands leaders du monde de la tech demandent aux Nations Unies leur interdiction by Matthieu Delacharlery, 18 July 2018
- Le Matin - Google dit «non» aux armes intelligentes, 8 June 2018
- Le Temps - L’intelligence artificielle de Google ne servira pas pour des armes, 8 June 2018
- Chatham House - Banning Autonomous Weapons Is Not the Answer by Major Kathleen McKendrick, 2 May 2018
- The Verge -The Pentagon is getting serious about AI weapons by Matt Stroud 12 April 2018
- Crux - Killer robots will make war even more inhumane, Vatican official says by Carol Glatz, 12 April 2018
- CBC News - 'Very urgent': Activists want global treaty to ban killer robots by 2019 by Nahlah Ayed, April 10, 2018
- Brookings - How can international law regulate autonomous weapons? by Ted Piccone, 10 April 2018
- ZDNET - University boycott ends after KAIST confirms no 'killer robot' development by Asha McLean, 10 April 2018
- South China Morning Post - Boycott ends after South Korean university pledges to not build ‘killer robots’, 10 April 2018
- Defence Connect - AI and robotics researchers drop university boycott by Amelia McMahon, 10 April 2018
- Al Jazeera - Should we be worried about 'killer robots'? by Loes Witschge, 9 April 2018
- Swissinfo - Les pourparlers sur les robots tueurs sont accueillis avec prudence by Simon Bradley, 9 April 2018
- Swissinfo - What’s to be done about killer robots? by Simon Bradley, 9 April 2018
- ItNews - AI researchers end boycott of South Korean university by Staff Writer, 9 April 2018
- The Guardian - Killer robots: pressure builds for ban as governments meet by Mattha Busby, 9 April 2018
- Times Higher Education - Korean university ‘killer robots’ boycott called off by John Ross, April 9, 2018
- TechSpot - Fears of 'killer robots' prompt boycott of South Korean university AI lab, by Cal Jeffrey, 6 April 2018
- CNET - AI researchers oppose university's work on autonomous weapons by Erin Carson, 5 April 2018
- The Engineer - Academics boycott KAIST over “killer robots” concerns by Stuart Nathan, 5 April 2018
- News.com - We are locked into an arms race that no one wants to happen, global researchers warn by Nick Whigham, 5 April 2018
- FCW - On AI and the military, researchers look to draw a line by Derek B. Johnson 5 April 2018
- TechRepublic - South Korea university faces major backlash after opening AI weapons lab, by Conner Forrest, 5 April 2018
- South China Morning Post - World researchers shun South Korea university for opening AI weapons lab, 05 April 2018
- The Guardian - 'Killer robots': AI experts call for boycott over lab at South Korea university by Benjamin Haas, 5 April 2018
- CTV News - Canada under pressure to lead ban on 'killer robots' by Mike Blanchfield, 29 March 2018
- Politico - France, Germany under fire for failing to back ‘killer robots’ ban by Janosch Delcker, 28 March 2018
- Liberation - Qu’est-ce qu’une arme létale autonome ? by Raja Chatila and Catherine Tessier, 15 March 2018
- CNBC - 'Autonomous weapons are among the world's dumbest ideas': A.I. CEO by Barbara Booth, 15 March 2018
- CNRS Le Journal - Armes létales autonomes: de quoi parle-t-on? by Raja Chatila and Catherine Tessier, 15 March 2018
- South China Morning Post - Project launched at Korean institute to develop AI weapons, 27 February 2018
- Le Temps - Initiative onusienne pour le désarmement et le contrôle des armes, 26 February 2018
- ZD Net - In spite of military assurances, autonomous weapon research speeds ahead by Greg Nichols, 6 February 2018
- Modern Diplomacy - Unmanned Military Weapons: International Humanitarian Law without Human Terrain by Dr. Nafees Ahmad, 3 February 2018
- IEEE Spectrum - Debating Slaughterbots and the Future of Autonomous Weapons by Paul Scharre, 1 February 2018
- League of India - Artificial Intelligence in Military Operations: Technology, Ethics and the Indian Perspective by Rajendra Singh Pawar, 31st January 2018
- The Economist - Autonomous weapons are a game-changer, 25 January 2018
- Defense One - Russia Is Poised to Surprise the US in Battlefield Robotics by Samuel Bendett, 25 January 2018
- Fair Observer - The Daily Devil’s Dictionary: Time to “Ban”? by Peter Isackson, 24 January 2018
- IEEE Spectrum - Why You Should Fear 'Slaughterbots' - A Response by Stuart Russell, Anthony Aguirre, Ariel Conn and Max Tegmark, 23 January 2018
- Daily news - Experts warn against ‘killer’ drones in viral ‘Slaughterbots’ video by Jessica Schladebeck, 21 November 2017
- Business Insider - The short film 'Slaughterbots' depicts a dystopian future of killer drones swarming the world by Ben Brimelow, 20 November 2017
- Geek.com - Beware ‘Slaughterbots’: PSA Highlights Danger of Autonomous Weapons by Stephanie Mlot, 20 November 2017
- The Daily Telegraph - United Nations to consider controls around autonomous weapons amid growing concerns by Nick Whigham, 20 November 2017
- Common Dreams - 'These Will Be Weapons of Mass Destruction': Warnings About Killer Robots After UN Talks by Jessica Corbett, 17 November 2017
- The Guardian - 'Robots are not taking over,' says head of UN body on autonomous weapons by AFP, 17 November 2017
- Deutsche Welle - 'Killer robots': autonomous weapons pose moral dilemma by Chase Winter, 14 November 2017
- The Guardian - Ban on killer robots urgently needed, say scientists by Ian Sample, 13 November 2017
- The Hindu -The AI battlefield by Amandeep by Singh Gill, 13 November 2017
- Futurism - Today, World Leaders Will Meet to Decide the Future of “Killer Robots” by Brad Jones, 13 November 2017
- ZDNet - UN to host discussion about AI in warfare by Kelly McSweeney, 13 November 2017
- South China Morning Post - ‘It is not science fiction’: AI experts warn of new global arms race for killer robots, call for ban, 13 November 2017
- Disruptive - “Ban Killer Robots” – AI Experts Urge Governments by Andrew McLean, 12 November 2017
- The Guardian - Ban on killer robots urgently needed, say scientists by Ian Sample, 12 November 2017
- Equal Times - It’s Time for a Binding, Absolute Ban on Fully Autonomous Weapons by Mary Wareham, 9 November 2017
- Futurism - Australian and Canadian AI Experts Call for Autonomous Weapons Ban by Patrick Caughill, 8 November 2017
- Ottawa Citizen - Scientists voice concerns to Trudeau about weaponization of Artificial Intelligence by David Pugliese, 7 November 2017
- Futurism - Following Elon Musk Letter, UK Government Plans to Ban Fully Autonomous Weapons by Dom Galeon, 13 September 2017
- The Guardian - We can’t ban killer robots – it’s already too late by Philip Ball, 22 August 2017
- South China Morning Post - Elon Musk joins other experts to urge UN to ban artificial intelligence in weapons, 22 August 2017
- ZDNet - Elon Musk (Tesla) et Mustafa Suleymane (Google) proposent leurs services pour encadrer les armes autonomes by Guillaume Serries, 22 August 2017
- Wired - Sorry, Banning ‘Killer Robots’ Just Isn’t Practical by Tom Simonite, 22 August 2017
- IEEE Spectrum - Industry Urges United Nations to Ban Lethal Autonomous Weapons in New Open Letter by Evan Ackerman, 21 August 2017
- ABC News - 'Killer robot' fears prompt tech leaders to call for UN ban on lethal autonomous weapons by Andie Noonan and David Sparkes, 21 August 2017
- The Verge - Elon Musk and AI leaders call for a ban on killer robots by James Vincent 21 August 2017
- The Guardian - Elon Musk leads 116 experts calling for outright ban of killer robots by Samuel Gibbs, 20 August 2017
- The Conversation - We’re close to banning nuclear weapons – killer robots must be next by Toby Walsh, 12 July 2017
- Huffington Pots - Banning Nuclear And Autonomous Weapons by Ariel Conn, 06 JulY 2017
- Army University Press - Pros and Cons of Autonomous Weapons Systems by Amitai Etzioni and Oren Etzioni, May-June 2017
- Singularity Hub - Killer Robots Won’t Go to War If Global Movement Has Its Way, by Peter Rejcek, 11 December, 2016
- Seeker, Stopping Killer Robots at the Source (Code) by Glenn Mcdonald, 21 November, 2016
- New York Times - The Pentagon’s ‘Terminator Conundrum’: Robots That Could Kill on their Own by Matthew Rosenberg and John Markof, 25 October, 2016
- Popular Science - Autonomous Weapons Are Already Here by Kelsey D. Atherton, 28 September, 2016
- Popular Science - Pentagon Study Scrutinizes the Future of Autonomous Robot War, by Kelsey D. Atherton, 26 August, 2016
- Singularity Hub - Losing Control: The Dangers of Killer Robots by Bonnie Docherty, 16 June, 2016
- The Indian Expres - Raja-Mandala: India, US and Artificial Intelligence by C. Raja Mohan, 12 April, 2016
- The Sydney Morning Herald - Killer robots closer to reality than we think, Australia tells United Nations by David Wroe, 12 April, 2016
- Popular Science - The International Community is About to Debate Killer Robots by Kelsey D. Atherton, 11 April, 2016
- Radio Vaticana - Permanent Observer: autonomous weapons bring false security, 11 April 2016
- TBO The Tampa Tribune - Will robotics become an essential part of future warfare? by Howard Altman, 10 April, 2016
- Human Rights Watch - Killer Robots: The Case for Human Control / Nations Convene to Discuss Fully Autonomous Weapons, April 11, 2016
- Slate - Killer Robots on the Battlefield by Heather M. Roff, 7 Avril, 2016
- WPTV - U.S. military may have self-flying jets before autonomous land vehicles by Ben Lawson and Christian Bryant, March 31, 2016
- The Washington Post - The killer robot threat: Pentagon examining how enemy nations could empower machines by Dan Lamothe, March 30, 2016
- Gulf News - Should we ban killer robots of the future? by Benoit Georges, March 25, 2016
- World Economic Forum - Robots in war: the next weapons of mass destruction? by Stuart Russell, 17 January 2016
- France24 - Le Pentagone explique comment répondre aux "robots tueurs" avec 12 milliards de dollars by Sébastian Seibt, 16 December 2015
- Tech Insider - Russia and China are building highly autonomous killer robots by Danielle Muoio, 15 December, 2015
- Amnesty International - 10 raisons pour lesquelles il faut interdire les «robots tueurs» by Rasha Abdul Rahim, 12 November 2015
- Futurism - DARPA to Test Its Autonomous Submarine-Hunting Ocean Drone by Miguel Santos, 11 November 2015
- CNN - The rise of the killer robots -- and why we need to stop them by Professor Toby Walsh, 26 October 2015
- Sputnik - Bientôt une armée de robots autonomes ?, 19 October 2015
- The Guardian - UN delay could open door to robot wars, say experts by Harriet Grant, 6 October 2015
- Defense One - Will Subdrones Cause World War III? by Patrick Tucker, September 7, 2015
- Les Echos - Peut-on interdire les robots tueurs ? by Benoît Georges, 01 September 2015
- Scientific American - The Air Force Wants You to Trust Robots--Should You? by John Knefel, Vocativ, 25 August, 2015
- The Huffington Post - Armes autonomes, de l'angélisme au réalisme by Thierry Berthier, 24 August 2015
- The Washington Post - Here’s the argument for banning killer robots before we’re swarmed by them by Joel Achenbach, 21 August 2015
- Defense One, The International-Relations Argument Against Killer Robots by Heather Roff, 19 August 2015
- The New York Times - Robot Weapons: What’s the Harm? by Jerry Kaplanaug, 17 August, 2015
- Defense One - Why Humans Need to Ban Artificially Intelligent Weapons by Bryan W. Roberts & Zach Musgrave, August 14, 2015
- The Conversation - We should not dismiss the dangers of ‘killer robots’ so quickly by Toby Walsh, 13 August, 2015
- Scientific American - Ban Killer Robots before They Become Weapons of Mass Destruction by Peter Asaro, 7 August, 2015
- Laboratory Equipment - Autonomous Weapons Exist, But They Aren't Weapons Yet by The Conversation, Ryan Bishop, Jussi Parikka 7 August 2015
- Popular Science - A Ban on Autonomous Killer Robots is Inevitable by Erik Sofge, 5 August, 2015
- IEE Spectrum - Warfighting Robots Could Reduce Civilian Casualties, So Calling for a Ban Now Is Premature by Ronald C. Arkin, 5 August 2015
- The Conversation - The autonomous killing systems of the future are already here, they’re just not necessarily weapons – yet by Ryan Bishop & Jussi Parikka, 4 August, 2015
- SLATE - Pourrons-nous échapper aux robots tueurs autonomes? by Michel Alberganti, 2 August, 2015
- The Conversation - AI researchers should not retreat from battlefield robots, they should engage them head-on by Sean Welsh, 2 August, 2015
- Business Insider - Here's why we should build killer robots by Guia Marie Del Prado, 2 August 2015
- TechInsider - These are the 'killer robot' weapons that terrify artificial intelligence researchers by Guia Marie Del Prado, 31 July, 2015
- The Conversation - Why we should welcome ‘killer robots’, not ban them by Jai Galliott, July 30, 2015
- Nouvelobservateur / rue89 - « Il faut interdire les armes autonomes capables d’échapper au contrôle des hommes » by Benoît Le Corre, 29 July 2015
- Al Jazeera - Hawking and Wozniak issue warning over 'killer robots', 29 July 2015
- IEEE Spectrum - We Should Not Ban ‘Killer Robots,’ and Here’s Why by Evan Ackerman, 29 July 2015
- Laboratory Equipment - AI Arms Race Would Yield 'Kalashnikovs of Tomorrow' by Danica Kirka, 28 July 2015
- DefenseNews, Musk, Hawking Join Call for Ban on AI Weaponry by Aaron Mehta, July 28, 2015
- Defense One - US Drone Pilots Are as Skeptical of Autonomy as Are Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk by Patrick Tucker, 28 July, 2015
- Kurzweil Accelerating Intelligence - AI and robotics researchers call for global ban on autonomous weapons, 27 July, 2015
- U.S News - Musk, Hawking Call to Ban Robots That Could Kill You All by Themselves by Tom Risen, 27 July, 2015
- The Guardian - Musk, Wozniak and Hawking urge ban on warfare AI and autonomous weapons by Samuel Gibbs, 27 July 2015
- The Conversation - Open letter: we must stop killer robots before they are built by Toby Walsh, 27 July, 2015
- Defense One - The Scientists and Technologists Who Want to Keep AI Out of Weapons by Mike Murphy, 27 July, 2015
- The National Interest - Should 'Killer Robots' Be Banned? By Paul Scharre & Michael Horowitz, 26 June, 2015
- Popular Science - What Might a Killerbot Arms Race Look Like? by Erik Sofge 28 May, 2015
- Nature - Science, technology and the future of small autonomous drones by Dario Floreano and Robert J. Wood, 27 May 2015
- Nature - Robotics: Ethics of artificial intelligence, 27 May 2015
- The New York Times - The Morality of Robotic War by Michael C. Horowitz and Paul Scharre, 26 May, 2015
- The Conversation - Battle lines drawn around the legality of ‘killer robots’ by Sean Welsh, 24 April, 2015
- Defense One - Do Killer Robots Violate Human Rights? by Patrick Lin, 20 April, 2015
- Le Temps - Faut-il interdire les robots tueurs? by Etienne Dubuis, 19 April, 2015
- Laboratory Equipment - Autonomous, Swarming Drones Are On the Horizon by the Office of Naval Research, 15 April 2015
- CNN- Killer robots: The future of war? 14 April, 2015
- Defense One - Keeping Killer Robots on a Tight Leash by Paul Scharre & Michael Horowitz, 14 April, 2015
- CNN- Killer robots: The future of war? By Sean Welsh, 14 April, 2015
- The Guardian - UK opposes international ban on developing 'killer robots' by Owen Bowcott, 13 April 2015
- Defense One - When ‘Killer Robots’ Declare War by Alexander Velez-Green, 12 April, 2015
- The Conversation - Machines with guns: debating the future of autonomous weapons systems by Sean Welsh, 12 April, 2015
- CNN - Ban 'killer robots' now by Jose Pagliery, 10 April, 2015
- Ethics & International Affairs - Terminator Ethics: Should We Ban “Killer Robots”? by Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer, 23 March, 2015
- Defense One - The US Military Is Building Gangs of Autonomous Flying War Bots by Patrick Tucker, 23 January, 2015
- University of St. Thomas Law Journal - Regulating Lethal Autonomous Robots In Unconventional Warfare by Peter B. Postma, 2014
- The National Interest - Autonomous Weapon Systems: The Military's Smartest Toys? by Michael Carl Haas, 20 November, 2014
- Politico Magazine - Do Killer Robots Save Lives? by Michael C. Horowitz and Paul Scharre, 19 November, 2014
- South China Morning Post - Special UN meeting urges stricter controls over killer robots, 14 November 2014
- The New York Times - Fearing Bombs That Can Pick Whom to Kill by John Markoffnov, 11 November, 2014
- The Atlantic - So What Exactly Is a 'Killer Robot'? by Rose Eveleth, 20 August, 2014
- 45eNord.ca - Systèmes d’armes létaux autonomes : de la fiction à la réalité ? by Benoît Maraval, 23 June, 2014
- The Verge - Only five countries actually want to ban killer robots by Adrianne Jeffries, 16 May, 2014
- The Catholic Herald - Vatican official voices opposition to automated weapons systems by Cindy Wooden, 15 May 2014
- UN News Centre - UN meeting targets 'killer robots', 14 May, 2014
- France24 - Les robots-tueurs : pas encore d'actualité mais déjà redoutés, interview of Emmanuel Remy, 14 May, 2014
- Defense One - Now The Military is Going to Build Robots that Have Morals by Patrick Tucker,13 May, 2014
- Kurzweil Accelerating Intelligence - Robotics experts to debate ‘killer robots’ policies at UN, 13 May, 2014
- The Verge - Puny humans meet to decide fate of killer robots by Adrianne Jeffries, 12 May, 2014
- Al Jazeera - Killer robots could start new arms race, human rights groups say by Tom Kutsch, 12 May 2014
- Kurzweil Accelerating Intelligence - Are we taking AI seriously enough? 5 May, 2014
- The Conversation - Killer robot drones are like drugs: regulate, but resist the urge to ban them by Tom Simpson, February 13, 2014
- The Verge - Should a robot decide when to kill? The ethics of war machines by Adrianne Jeffries, 28 January, 2014
- Foreign Policy - Lethal Autonomy: A Short History, How killer robots became more than just scary science fiction by Ty Mccormick, 24 January, 2014
- International Committee for Robot Arms Control (ICRAC) - News Roundup: Banning Lethal Autonomous Robots by Frank Sauer on 31 October, 2013
- The Conversation - Better to know your enemy when taking on a killer robot by Alexander Leveringhaus, 15 November, 2013
- The Huffington Post - Killer Robots and the Rule of Law by Angela Kane United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, 15 July, 2013
- Foreign Affairs - Beware the Killer Robots by Charli Carpenter, 3 July, 2013
- The Conversation - Lethal autonomous robots must be stopped in their tracks by Robert Sparrow, 3 June, 2013
- Centre d'actualité de l'ONU - Un expert de l'ONU appelle à un moratoire sur les « robots létaux autonomes», 30 May 2013
- United Nations Radio - Use of lethal autonomous robots may violate international law by Patrick Maigua, 30 May, 2013
- South China Morning Post, UN urges freeze on robot weapons, 30 May 2013
- Kurzweil Accelerating Intelligence - Russia developing anti-terrorist robots, 23 May, 2013
- Reuters - U.N. investigator seeks world moratorium on 'killer robots' by Stephanie Nebehay, 23 May, 2013
- Deutsche Welle - Killer robots instead of soldiers? by Sven Pöhle, 21 May 2013
- E-International Relations - The Coming of ‘Killer Robots’ by Christopher Coker, 16 May, 2013
- Associated Press - UN report wants moratorium on killer robots by Peter James Spielmann, May. 2, 2013
- U.S News - Air Force General: Autonomous Killing Drones 'Years and Years' Away by Jason Koebler, April 24, 2013
- Al Jazeera - Reining in fully autonomous 'killer robots' by Robert Kennedy, 8 April 2013
- CNN - Ban the killer robots before it's too late by Noel Sharkey, 3 April, 2013
- South China Morning Post - The pros and cons of robot weapons by Jamie Carter, 29 March 2013
- South China Morning Post - New arms treaty could ease 'robot' drone fears, 15 March 2013
- The Washington Post - A dangerous future of killer robots by Tom Malinowski, 22 November, 2012
- South China Morning Post, Killer robots not far off, Human Rights Watch warns, 21 November 2012
- South China Morning Post, Rights group calls for ban on ‘killer’ robots, 20 November 2012
- Frankfurter Allgemeine - Swarming Killing Machines, Frank Rieger Interviews Daniel Suarez, 24 September, 2012
- International Review of the Red Cross / Volume 94 Number 886 Summer 2012 - The evitability of autonomous robot warfare by Noel E. Sharkey
Blogs
- Dommages civils - Contrôle humain significatif et systèmes d’armes létaux autonomes
- Dommages civils - « Robots tueurs » et prise de décision
- Dommages civils - Cadrer le débat sur les systèmes d’armes autonomes
- Rough Type - Lethal autonomous robots are coming, Nicholas Carr
- Ban Lethal Autonomous Weapons
- ICRC Humanitarian Law & Policy - Enhanced distinction: The need for a more focused autonomous weapons targeting discussion at the LAWS GGE by John Cherry & Christopher Korpela, 28 March 2019
- ICRC Humanitarian Law & Policy - Expert views on the frontiers of artificial intelligence and conflict by Sasha Radin, 19 March 2019
- ICRC Humanitarian Law & Policy - The (im)possibility of meaningful human control for lethal autonomous weapon systems by Elke Schwarz, 29 August 2018
- ICRC Humanitarian Law & Policy - Human judgment and lethal decision-making in war by Paul Scharre, 11 April 2018
- ICRC Humanitarian Law & Policy - Autonomous weapon systems: A threat to human dignity? by Ariadna Pop, 10 April 2018
- ICRC Humanitarian Law & Policy - Autonomous weapon systems: An ethical basis for human control? By Neil Davison, 3 April 2018
- ICRC Humanitarian Law & Policy - Ethics as a source of law: The Martens clause and autonomous weapons by Rob Sparrow, 14 November 2017
- ICRC Humanitarian Law & Policy - Autonomous weapons mini-series: Distance, weapons technology and humanity in armed conflict by Alex Leveringhaus, 6 October 2017
- Just Security - What to Expect from Next Week’s Fifth CCW Review Conference Focusing on Lethal Autonomous Weapons by Chris Jenks, 9 December, 2016
- Blog Le Monde - Armes létales autonomes : l’état des débats, 26 April, 2016
- Just Security - The International Discussion Continues: 2016 CCW Experts Meeting on Lethal Autonomous Weapons, by Chris Ford and Chris Jenks, 20 April, 2016
- LAWFARE Blog - (Un)Dignified Killer Robots? The Problem with the Human Dignity Argument by Adam Saxton, 20 March, 2016
- Lawfare - Why the Prohibition on Permanently Blinding Lasers is Poor Precedent for a Ban on Autonomous Weapon Systems by Rebecca Crootof, November 24, 2015
- Lawfare - Similar Ethical Dilemmas for Autonomous Weapon Systems and Autonomous Self-Driving Cars by Kenneth Anderson & Matthew Waxman, November 6, 2015
- International Relations and Security Network (ISN) - The Moral Code: How to Teach Robots Right and Wrong by Nayef Al-Rodhan, 11 September 2015
- The Philosophers' Magazine - Autonomous Weapons II: Autonomy Can Be Good by Mike LaBossiere, August 28, 2015
- The Philosophers' Magazine - Autonomous Weapons I: The Letter by Mike LaBossiere, August 26, 2015
- IEEE Spectrum - Ban or No Ban, Hard Questions Remain on Autonomous Weapons by Paul Scharre and Michael C. Horowitz, 20 August 2015
- Kurzweil Accelerating Intelligence - The proposed ban on offensive autonomous weapons is unrealistic and dangerous by Sam Wallace, August 5, 2015
- IEE Spectrum - Warfighting Robots Could Reduce Civilian Casualties, So Calling for a Ban Now Is Premature by Ronald C. Arkin, 5 August 2015
- IEEE Spectrum - We Should Not Ban ‘Killer Robots,’ and Here’s Why by Evan Ackerman, 29 July 2015
- The Philosophers' Magazine - Avoiding the AI Apocalypse #2: Don’t Arm the Robots by Mike LaBossiere, 15 July, 2015
- Sustainable Security - The UN’s Meetings on Autonomous Weapons: Biting The Bullet, or Lost in Abstraction? by Lene Grimstad, June 23, 2015
- Sustainable Security - Losing Control Over the Use of Force: Fully Autonomous Weapons Systems and The International Movement to Ban Them by Elizabeth Minor, April 1, 2015
- International Law Blog - Killer Robots: The future of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, by Veronique Caruana, May 4, 2015
- The Philosophers' Magazine - Little Assassins by Mike LaBossiere, April 6, 2015
- Just Security, Defining “Meaningful Human Control” Over Autonomous Weapons by Michael Horowitz and Paul Scharre, 19 March, 2015
- Mediapart - Systèmes d'Armes Létales Autonomes (SALA) et Non-Droit à la Vie by Bonneau Alain, 19 February 2015
- Lawfare - NYT on Autonomous Weapons and Ways to Regulate Them by Kenneth Anderson & Matthew Waxman, November 12, 2014
- Lawfare - Readings: Adapting the Law of Armed Conflict to Autonomous Weapon Systems by Kenneth Anderson & Matthew Waxman, September 17, 2014
- RPDefense - Systèmes d’armes létaux autonomes : de la fiction à la réalité ? by Benoît Maraval, 23 June 2014
- Lawfare - Reflections on the Chatham House Autonomy Conference by Paul Scharre, Monday, March 3, 2014
- Lawfare - Autonomous Weapons: Is an Arms Race Really a Threat? by Charles Blanchard, February 23, 2014
- Lawfare - Killer Robots and the Laws of War in Monday's Wall Street Journal by Kenneth Anderson & Matthew Waxman, 4 November, 2013
- The Philosophers' Magazine - Should Killer Robots be Banned? by Mike LaBossiere, October 21, 2013
- Scientific American - Could Drones Make the Decision to Kill on Their Own? by Bryan Bumgardner, 13 June, 2013
Books:
- Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War by Paul Scharre, W. W. Norton & Company, 2018
- Genius Weapons: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Weaponry, and the Future of Warfare by Louis A. Del Monte, 2018
- Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems in Future Conflicts by Ted W. Schroeder, 2017
- Killer Robots: Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems Legal, Ethical and Moral Challenges by Dr U C Jha, Vij Books India, 2017
- Autonomous Weapons Systems: Law, Ethics, Policy by Nehal Bhuta, Susanne Beck, Robin Geiss, Cambridge University Press, 2016
- Killer Robots: Legality and Ethicality of Autonomous Weapons, by Armin Krishnan, Routledge, 2009
- Autonomous Weapon Systems: An Exploration of Issues and Recommendations by Jesse M. Davis, Nova Science Pub Inc, 2016
- Ethics and Autonomous Weapons by Alex Leveringhaus, Palgrave Pivot, 2016