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Are Killer Robots the Future of War? Parsing the Facts on Autonomous WeaponsIt’s a freezing, snowy day on the border between Estonia and Russia. Soldiers from the two nations are on routine border patrol, each side accompanied by an autonomous weapon ...
By Robert O. Work & Paul Scharre
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In The News
Technology & National Security
'Slaughterbots': U.S., Russia lead fight to block 'killer robots' banIn Geneva, it’s the big guy versus the little guy. And the big guy has robots on his side. More than two dozen nations are using a key United Nations meeting this week to push...
By Elsa B. Kania
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In The News
Technology & National Security
Why AI researchers shouldn’t turn their backs on the militaryMore than 2,400 AI researchers recently signed a pledge promising not to build so-called autonomous weapons—systems that would decide on their own whom to kill. This follows G...
By Paul Scharre
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In The News
Technology & National Security
The General Is a Robot: Artificial Intelligence Goes to WarN THE 1970 science fiction film “Colossus: The Forbin Project,” the United States decides to turn over control of its strategic arsenal to Colossus, a massive supercomputer. B...
By Paul Scharre
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In The News
Technology & National Security
Book review: ‘Army of None: Autonomous weapons and the future of war’Paul Scharre’s new book on autonomous weapons begins with an account of an incident he experienced while on patrol as a US Army Ranger in Afghanistan in 2004. A young girl of...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Getting to grips with military roboticsPETER SINGER, AN expert on future warfare at the New America think-tank, is in no doubt. “What we have is a series of technologies that change the game. They’re not science fi...
By Paul Scharre & Robert O. Work
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Technology & National Security
Autonomous weapons are a game-changerAI-empowered robots pose entirely new dangers, possibly of an existential kind...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Don’t fear the robopocalypse: Autonomous weapons expert Paul ScharrescPaul Scharre, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, has pretty good credentials when it comes to autonomous weapons. If you’ve ever heard of Directive 300...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
The Pentagon will arm drones in Niger, boosting the number of U.S. troops thereThe Pentagon gained approval from the Nigerien government to fly armed drones out of Niamey, Niger’s capital, a State Department official said Friday, an effort that will put ...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Legal Limbo Leaves Killer Robots Off-LeashThe UN’s Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) met last week to discuss lethal autonomous weapons systems. But while most member states ...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Russia to the United Nations: Don’t Try to Stop Us From Building Killer RobotsArms control advocates had reason for hope when scores of countries met at the United Nations in Geneva last week to discuss the future of lethal autonomous weapons systems, o...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Chinese drones may soon swarm the market — and that could be very bad for the USChina showed off some of its latest drone models and projects at this year's Dubai Airshow and it looks like many spectators were interested. China has seen a dramatic increas...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
A Dirty Word In The U.S., 'Automation' Is A Buzzword In ChinaGerry Wong graduated from MIT with his bachelor's degree, his master's degree and his Ph.D, but in 2000 he left the United States and went home to China start a telecom equipm...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Press Note
Technology & National Security
CNAS Press Note: Governmental Meetings on Lethal Autonomous WeaponsWashington, November 14 – This week member states begin discussions at the United Nations on lethal autonomous weapons systems – weapons that would choose their own targets. P...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
The US Shot Down a Mysterious Enemy Drone Over SyriaA US Air Force F-15 jet fighter has shot down a large, armed drone that attacked pro-US forces near At Tanf, a strategic town in southeastern Syria near the border with Iraq. ...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Armed Robots: US Lags Rhetoric, RussiaAUSA: American military leaders talk how artificial intelligence will change the face of war, but the unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) actually in development are much more mod...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
The Effect of New Technologies on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament: Artificial Intelligence, Hypersonic Technology and Outer SpaceAs the First Committee of the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly entered its first week, the Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan to the United Nations, in collabo...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Autonomous Weapons and the Future of WarThe weapons of war and terrorism are on the cusp of a revolution that will change the battlefield and the world in ways that we're just coming to understand. That future is ju...
By Paul Scharre
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Press Note
Technology & National Security
CNAS Press Note: Open Letter on Dangers of Autonomous WeaponsAs autonomous technology becomes increasingly capable, more than 100 CEOs have signed an open letter urging the United Nations to ban lethal autonomous weapons. CNAS Senior Fe...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
CNAS Press Note: Autonomous Weapons at the United NationsCNAS experts Paul Scharre and Kelley Sayler have written a press note on autonomous weapons at the United Nations....
By Kelley Sayler & Paul Scharre
