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Should Robots Be Making War-and-Peace Decisions?

Tuesday Oct 22 at 4:30 in Rocky 1. Co-sponsored by the Daniel Webster Program and the Political Economy Project.

10/22/2024
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Room 001, Rockefeller Center
Intended Audience(s): Public
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Since 2012 a heated debate has been underway about the use of lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) in war. Proponents of an international ban on LAWS typically maintain that these weapons constitute an affront to human dignity, would lead to dangerous escalations, and at worst would place war under the control of machines. Human agency in warfare would be reduced to activating the machines, while all other decisions, tactical and even strategic, would ultimately vest in them. Is this scenario plausible? And does sound ethical reasoning require states to forgo LAWS, despite the operational advantages that would accrue from their use?

Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute in Oslo, Norway, Greg Reichberg is an expert on questions such as these.

 

For more information, contact:
Henry Clark
henry.c.clark@dartmouth.edu
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