Law
Legal Challenges of Regulating AI in Autonomous Weapons Systems
Quick fact
No legally binding international treaty specifically regulates autonomous weapons systems, despite decades of use of remote-controlled drones. Discussions remain in early stages at the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.
Why this is interesting
Imagine a drone that decides on its own who to kill—no human pilot, no real-time oversight. How can our laws, built for human decision-making, possibly govern such machines?