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Autonomous weapons, or 'slaughterbots', utilize artificial intelligence to identify and eliminate targets without human intervention, raising significant ethical and legal concerns. Key issues include accountability for mistakes, challenges to international humanitarian law, and the risk of algorithmic bias leading to civilian casualties. The UN debates whether to ban or regulate these weapons, emphasizing the need for human oversight and global cooperation to address the risks associated with AI in warfare.

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Autonomous weapons, or 'slaughterbots', utilize artificial intelligence to identify and eliminate targets without human intervention, raising significant ethical and legal concerns. Key issues include accountability for mistakes, challenges to international humanitarian law, and the risk of algorithmic bias leading to civilian casualties. The UN debates whether to ban or regulate these weapons, emphasizing the need for human oversight and global cooperation to address the risks associated with AI in warfare.

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Universal Human Values SUDHANWA

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CSE FSD-1-C

AUTONOMOUS
WEAPONS
01
About Autonomous
WEAPONS
Slaughterbots, also called “autonomous weapons systems” or
“killer robots”, are weapons systems that use artificial
intelligence (AI) to identify, select, and kill human targets without
human intervention.
Whereas in the case of unmanned military drones the decision
to take a life is made remotely by a human operator, with
autonomous weapons the decision is made by algorithms alone.
An autonomous weapon system is pre-programmed to kill a
specific “target profile.” The weapon is then deployed into an
environment where its AI searches for that “target profile” using
sensor data, such as facial recognition.
When the weapon encounters someone or something the
algorithm perceives to match its target profile, it fires and kills.

02
WHY THE DEBATE
IS IMPORTANT?
Human Control and Accountability: Autonomous
weapons make life-and-death decisions without
human intervention. This raises questions about
who is responsible when mistakes happen—whether
it's unintended civilian casualties or decisions driven
by algorithmic errors.

International Humanitarian Law: These weapons


challenge existing legal frameworks designed for
warfare. For example, can AI reliably distinguish
between combatants and civilians, or proportionally
apply force? Violations could lead to a disregard for
humanitarian principles.

Technological Bias: AI systems are not free from


bias, and flaws in their programming could lead to
catastrophic decisions. For example, biased datasets
used to train these systems might result in targeting
errors.

03
Ethical Concerns & UN
Debates
ETHICAL CONCERN ETHICAL CONCERN
01 02
Lack of Human Oversight: Risk of AI Bias: Algorithms
Autonomous systems making might misidentify targets,
lethal decisions without direct resulting in unintended civilian
human control raise casualties.
accountability concerns.

UN Stance UN Stance
03 04
Ban vs Regulation: The UN has Support for a Ban: Some
been a platform for debates nations advocate for a
regarding lethal autonomous complete prohibition to
weapons. safeguard humanitarian
principles.
Advocacy for Regulation:
Others argue for controlled
use through strict policies
and international oversight.

04
CONCLUSION
Regulation & Ethical AI Development
Ensuring human oversight and
accountability.
Global treaties to regulate or ban lethal
AI weapons.

Future Prospects
The role of international cooperation in
addressing AI warfare risks.

Final Thought:
AI in defense is inevitable, but ethical
concerns must be addressed to ensure
global security.

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