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Published March 20, 2022 | Version v2
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A MULTIDIMENSIONAL PLEDGE FOR STOPPING KILLER ROBOTS

  • 1. InterAgency Institute

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The Stop Killer Robots international campaign reaches the War in Ukraine in some of its dimensions. Although the appeal does not seem so clear and urgent, the issue is related to the moral determinants of the existence of autonomous armaments in conflicts that, even when governed by norms and international law, are not observed by what they represent in their comprehensive effects. Thus, the consequences that arise between the inhuman character of both the attack and reception and the systematic and disorderly use of artificial intelligence (AI) in armaments require a more objective liability. One hypothesis is that autonomous weapons can victimize civilian populations, either accidentally or deliberately depending on the level of animosity. In this sense, it should be noted that the campaign becomes urgent in at least three aspects that touch the war in Ukraine: the absence of an ethical standards agreement at the end of 2021, demonstrating the fragility of the multilateral system in ensuring limits to this type of controversy; the nature of an informational and asymmetric Russian war in Ukraine under course, which harbors the use by both parties of the conflict of autonomous weaponry; and the use of autonomous weapons against the displacement civilian population.

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