Autonomous weapon

An autonomous weapon is a weapon system that, once activated, can select and engage targets without further intervention by a human operator.

Further reading

Piper, Kelsey (2019) Death by algorithm: the age of killer robots is closer than you think, Vox, June 21.

External links

Lethal AWS. A website containing several resources with a view to raising awareness about the possible dangers of autonomous weapons.

Related entries

AI risk | armed conflict | governance of artificial intelligence | near-term AI ethics | terrorism