Saturday, October 26, 2024

AI, Autonomy, and Arms Race: The Evolving Role of Autonomous Weapons

 






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Technological advancement has brought unprecedented change in every sphere of human life. The military domain is no exception, with militaries worldwide increasingly engaged in reaping from technological development for strategic and tactical advantages on the battlefield. 

Worldwide, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Army are developing weapons that can operate autonomously. Fully Autonomous Weapons. What has been called `autonomy` in weapon systems is fast emerging. Weapons are gradually designed to function autonomously and reduce the role of humans. 

The world has already witnessed the deployment of these weapons on the battlefield. In recent years, from the deployment of a Turkish autonomous attack drone in Libya to AI-powered drones by Ukraine and Russia to the use of Israel`s Lavendar’ and ‘Gospel’ systems in Ghaza, LAWs are already on the battleground. 

This emerging autonomy on the battlefield has raised concerns over its role in warfare.

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