Future Rear View Mirror: How We Learned to Love Lethal Autonomous Systems

Abstract

Since their introduction, robots and the technology that drives them have continued to evolve rapidly. That technology is now on the verge of becoming fully autonomous and lethal. Many are fearful and outright oppose the development of Lethal Autonomous Systems (LAS) or what some call killer robots. However, when we look back twenty years from now and LAS have replaced man on the battlefield, many of those same people and organizations will look back and wonder why, despite their efforts, they could not stop the employment of such systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 24, 2017
Accession Number
AD1041803

Entities

People

  • D. L. Phillips

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomous Weapons
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Employment
  • Human Rights
  • International Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • Standards
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Urban Areas
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Educational Psychology
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs