Symposium on Military AI and the Law of Armed Conflict: De-anthropomorphizing Artificial Intelligence – Grounding Notions of Accountability in Reality

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Article

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4-5-2024

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When it comes to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous weapons in conflict, States have already crossed the proverbial Rubicon and there is no indication they will look back. By many accounts, AI has played a key role as a decision support tool in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and as Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation has described, the pull toward deploying AI-enabled, lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) is inexorable and may already be a fait accompli. Israel is also reportedly leveraging AI-driven analytics in its Gaza operations in ways that have been alternately described as, on one side, truly force multiplying, or on the other, corrosive to legally, morally and ethically compliant operations. Whatever one’s views, these developments are occurring against the backdrop of an increasingly heated race between the world’s two leading AI powers, the United States and China, to harness the technology for military advantage. In short, the development, adoption and employment of AI as a military capability is here to stay and moving forward rapidly.

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OpinionJuris

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