Essays about: "autonomous weapon systems"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 essays containing the words autonomous weapon systems.

  1. 6. Artificial Intelligence in Lethal Automated Weapon Systems - What's the Problem? : Analysing the framing of LAWS in the EU ethics guidelines for trustworthy AI, the European Parliament Resolution on autonomous weapon systems and the CCW GGE guiding principles.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Nicole Beltran; [2020]
    Keywords : Human Rights; lethal automated weapon systems; killer robots; international regu-lation; human dignity; discourse analysis; framing; human-machine nexus; artificial intelligence; policy analysis;

    Abstract : Lethal automated weapon systems (LAWS) are developed and deployed by a growing number of state and non-state actors, although no international legally binding framework exists as of yet. As a first attempt to regulate LAWS the UN appointed a group of governmental experts (GGE) to create the guiding principles on the issue of LAWS AI. READ MORE

  3. 7. Conceptualizing lethal autonomous weapon systems and their impact on the conduct of war - A study on the incentives, implementation and implications of weapons independent of human control

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Sascha Simon; [2019]
    Keywords : Lethal autonomous weapon systems; LAWS; Autonomy; Automation; Technology; Security; War; Ethics; Arms control; Proliferation; Democratic Peace Theory; Adaption Capacity Theory; Diffusion; Meaningful human control; Killer Robots;

    Abstract : The thesis has aimed to study the emergence of a new weapons technology, also known as ‘killer robots’ or lethal autonomous weapon system. It seeks to answer what factors drive the development and deployment of this weapon system without ‘meaningful human control’, a component that allows the decision to kill to be delegated to machines. READ MORE

  4. 8. Driverless Cars and Merciless Robots – a comparison between the legal frameworks of autonomous driving and weapon systems.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Luisa Teresa Hedler Ferreira; [2018]
    Keywords : Artificial Intelligence; AI; Humanitarian Law; driverless cars; automated weapons; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology advances quickly through society, with driverless cars presented as a revolutionary technological advance that can make roads safer and transport more efficient, whereas automated weapons are either viewed as undesirable, or as an unavoidable development. The objective of the present work is to, through the comparison between automated driving and automated warfare, identify the challenges in articulating legal responsibility with the usage of AI in warfare. READ MORE

  5. 9. Autonomous Sensor System for Self-Monitoring of Training in Shooting Sport

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för tillämpad signalbehandling

    Author : Sindhu Parthasarathy; [2017]
    Keywords : Accuracy; Arduino; autonomous self-monitoring system; butt plate; contact points; cheek rest; strain gauge; hand grip; hand rest; optimum pressure; precision; pressure; score; target; trigger.;

    Abstract : The factor of precision has always been the mastermind of the shooting sport. With new shooters coming into the field every day and with more aspiring shooters bringing laurels, a help of technology for training can make a difference. When advanced systems like the SCATT, Electronic Target Systems, etc. READ MORE

  6. 10. Semi-Autonomous Weapon Systems in International Humanitarian Law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Ajda-Sadat Hosseini Ghasemi; [2014]
    Keywords : Humanitarian law; Autonomous Weapon Systems; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The purpose of my Master Thesis is to examine, in detail, how current international law relates to autonomous weapon systems. The background for this project is that the requirement of current international humanitarian law presupposes that the characters of war, namely soldiers and military officers, are human beings. READ MORE