Killer Robots: UN Vote Should Spur Action on Treaty

Nations endorsing the inaugural United Nations General Assembly resolution addressing “killer robots” are urged by Human Rights Watch to champion discussions for a novel international treaty aimed at prohibiting and overseeing these weapons.

Autonomous weapons systems identify and engage targets using sensor processing rather than human guidance.

On December 22, 2023, a total of 152 countries supported the General Assembly resolution underscoring the perils associated with lethal autonomous weapons systems, with four casting negative votes, and 11 abstaining, Human Rights Watch reported.

General Assembly Resolution 78/241 acknowledges the “serious challenges and concerns” raised by “new technological applications in the military domain, including those related to artificial intelligence and autonomy in weapons systems.”

READ MORE: https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/01/03/killer-robots-un-vote-should-spur-action-treaty

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