Who thinks autonomous weapons systems are a good idea? Well, 250+ NGOs don't. Charlotte Akin, Projects & Logistics Officer from the coalition "Campaign to Stop Killer Robots," explains how the coalition works and its main objections to autonomous weapons. Is there any chance for regulation?

Besides presenting the campaign's work, Charlotte gives her perspectives on the black box, meaningful human control, programming ethics into robots and the perspectives for regulation.

Antónoi Guterres and his Holiness Pope Francis have a few words on their own to say on the matter.

Shownotes:

Producer and host: Sune With sunewith@cas.au.dk

Cover artwork: Sebastian Gram

Antonio Guterres’s speech at the UNSC, December 2024.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YuOC5wQk80

Automated Decision Team 

https://automatedresearch.org/

Charlotte Akin, Campaign to Stop Killer Robots

https://www.stopkillerrobots.org/our-team/

Mares, Courtney, 2024-07-10, “Pope Francis tells AI leaders: No machine should ever choose to take human life”, EWTN VATICAN. 

https://www.ewtnvatican.com/articles/pope-francis-tells-ai-leaders-no-machine-should-ever-choose-to-take-human-life-3065

Stop Killer Robots

https://www.stopkillerrobots.org/

Stop Killer Robots member organisations.

https://www.stopkillerrobots.org/a-global-push/member-organisations/

The Manila Times, 16. June 2024, Pope Francis calls for ban on “lethal autonomous weapons at G7 meeting. 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OEKRNA6OMAo

UN, Antonio Guterres stance on autonomous weapons. 

https://disarmament.unoda.org/the-convention-on-certain-conventional-weapons/background-on-laws-in-the-ccw/

UN, 2023, different countries’ definitions of autonomous weapons.

https://docs-library.unoda.org/Convention_on_Certain_Conventional_Weapons_-Group_of_Governmental_Experts_on_Lethal_Autonomous_Weapons_Systems_(2023)/CCW_GGE1_2023_CRP.1_0.pdf

UN, resolution A/C. I/79/L.77

https://reachingcriticalwill.org/images/documents/Disarmament-fora/1com/1com24/resolutions/L77.pdf

Music: Sofus Forsberg