The US military is intensifying its commitment to the development and use of autonomous weapons, as confirmed by an update to a Department of Defense directive.
The Defense Department's wording, he points out, allows for the possibility that in certain cases, such as with surveillance aircraft, the level of human control considered appropriate"may be little to none".
But Article 36's Moyes noted that international law currently does not provide an adequate framework for understanding, much less regulating, the concept of weapon autonomy. "The danger is that there is not a bright line between where we are now and where we have accepted the unacceptable," said Moyes.The Pentagon's update demonstrates a simultaneous commitment to deploying autonomous weapons systems and to complying with international humanitarian law. How the US will balance these commitments, and if such a balance is even possible, remains to be seen.
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