1、 as.org/ethicalautonomy Autonomous Weapon Systems at the United Nations By Michael C.Horowitz,Paul Scharre and Kelley Sayler NOVEMBER 2014 his week,delegates to the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons(CCW)will discuss the CCWs agenda for spring 2015.One topic of consideration w
2、ill be whether to hold further discussions on lethal autonomous weapon systems(LAWS),emerging technologies that raise significant legal,policy,moral and ethical issues.In May of 2014,the CCW held the first multilateral discussions on LAWS.These discussions were productive in refining states understa
3、nding of LAWS,but the role of autonomy in the use of force is a complicated issue that merits further consideration.State parties to the CCW should renew the mandate for discussion and hold substantive talks on autonomous weapons in the spring of 2015,including diving deeper on technical issues and
4、clarifying nascent terminology.What are Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems?LAWS are weapon systems that,once activated,can select and engage targets without further human intervention,also known as without a human“in the loop.”This is different from drones today,where a human is responsible for firing
