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Scharre (2018) "Army of None"
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Widely cited foundational book on autonomous weapons policy; essential reading for those working on AI governance, military AI, and the ethics of lethal autonomy. Scharre is a former Army Ranger and defense policy expert at CNAS.
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Paul Scharre's comprehensive examination of autonomous weapons systems explores the technical, ethical, legal, and strategic dimensions of removing humans from lethal decision-making. The book investigates how autonomous weapons work, the challenges of meaningful human control, and the policy debates surrounding their development and potential prohibition. Drawing on interviews with military officials, engineers, and ethicists, Scharre argues for preserving human judgment in lethal force decisions.
Key Points
- •Examines the spectrum from human-controlled to fully autonomous weapons, and the blurring of meaningful human control in modern military systems.
- •Explores ethical and legal challenges of delegating life-and-death decisions to algorithms, including accountability gaps and compliance with laws of war.
- •Analyzes strategic risks of autonomous weapons including accident escalation, arms race dynamics, and lowered thresholds for initiating conflict.
- •Surveys international policy debates on banning or regulating lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) at the UN and among major powers.
- •Considers how AI and autonomy in warfare intersect with broader questions about human agency, responsibility, and the future of armed conflict.
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| Autonomous Weapons Escalation Model | Analysis | 62.0 |
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