Posts Tagged ‘Killer robots’

Vatican: ‘Killer robots’ pose threat to innocent civilians

Thursday, August 19th, 2021

The use of ‘killer robots’ and other lethal autonomous weapons systems violate international treaties because innocent civilians could be erroneously targeted, the Vatican said during a UN meeting in Geneva. The potential of having “swarms of ‘kamikaze’ mini-drones” and other advanced weaponry using artificial intelligence raises “serious implications for peace and security,” the Vatican permanent Read more

Killer robots will make war more inhumane

Monday, April 16th, 2018

Developing and using killer robots – fully automated lethal weapons systems – would make warfare even more inhumane, Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic says. Jurkovic is the Vatican observer to the United Nations (UN) agencies in Geneva. He told a UN session for the “Group of Governmental Experts” on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) that autonomous systems Read more