Of Killer Robots and Dictates of Public Conscience

Why Autonomous Weapons Systems Will Forever Change Warfare and How Ethics Could Serve to Ban Them Under International Law

Authors

  • Pedro Rogerio Borges de Carvalho PUC-Rio, The University of Edinburgh (School of Law)

Keywords:

international security, international law, killer robots, autonomous weapons systems, artificial intelligence

Abstract

Law student Pedro Rogerio Borges de Carvalho addresses the inclusion of autonomous weapons systems in modern conflicts and how a decades old clause could prevent their takeover.

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Published

31-Mar-2020

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2019): Change

Section

International

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How to Cite

Of Killer Robots and Dictates of Public Conscience: Why Autonomous Weapons Systems Will Forever Change Warfare and How Ethics Could Serve to Ban Them Under International Law. (2020). Leviathan, 10(1). https://journals.ed.ac.uk/leviathan/article/view/4073