Background:Technological advances in weaponry mean that decisions about the use of force on the battlefield could increasingly be taken by machines operating without human intervention.
Welcome to a discussion on the relationship between artificial intelligence, its likely uses in warfare, and how the technology could be controlled.
Journal article in Notre Dame Journal on Emerging Technologies
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PRIO Policy Brief
Popular article in Security & Defence Agenda
Popular article in IntLawGrrls
Issues for the International Community
Book chapter in Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and the Future of Warfare
MidEast Policy Brief
PRIO Policy Brief
PRIO Policy Brief
PRIO Policy Brief
Earlier this spring, we debated a law professor who insisted that lethal autonomous weapons (LAWS) could clean up war. The professor posited that a war fought with autonomous weapons would be a war without rape. Taking humans out of the loop would...
On May 13-16 a United Nations (UN) expert meeting will discuss ‘questions relating to emerging technologies’ in lethal autonomous weapon systems. Such systems are distinguished by being mobile and selecting targets autonomously without direct huma...
The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots was launched in April 2013 with the objective of achieving a ban on the development, production and deployment of lethal autonomous weapons. In May 2014, the issue will be discussed by a UN expert meeting under t...
The Director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Henrik Urdal, announced his shortlist today for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, with election observers topping the list.
PRIO Paper
The politics of rape denunciation is fast becoming the politics of lobbyists, vendors and military manufacturers seeking access to new customers and markets. The recognition of wartime rape as a fundamental violation of international law has been ...
In September this year, Chief Software Officer for the U.S. Air Force Nicholas Chaillian, unexpectedly resigned. The reason for his resignation? To protest the slow pace of technological transformation taking place in the U.S. military, and where ...
Scientific breakthroughs and technological innovations are often subject to public discussion about their capacity to affect international security, either by their military exploitation or their uptake and re-appropriation through non-state actor...
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik and Kristoffer Lidén discuss the type of accountability challenges generative AI, such as Chat GPT, represents for humanitarian governance. A need to recalibrate humanitarian accountability discussions In the summer of 202...
Journal article in Conatus - Journal of Philosophy
Breakfast Seminar
Breakfast Seminar
Seminar with Srdja Popovic, Center for Applied Nonviolent Action & Strategies (CANVAS)
Second TRANSAD Workshop
Nicholas Marsh - Defining the Scope of Autonomy
PRIO researchers Greg Reichberg and Henrik Syse spoke last week at the United States Naval Academy's annual McCain Conference on military ethics.
A select group of philosophers recently gathered to discuss the ethics of artificial intelligence.