Legal regulation of AI weapons under international humanitarian law: A Chinese perspective

May 2, 2019, Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Law and Conflict / Weapons
Qiang Li & Dan Xie

Arguably, international humanitarian law (IHL) evolves with the development of emerging technologies. The history of ...

Structural disconnects between algorithmic decision-making and the law

April 25, 2019, Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Conduct of Hostilities / Detention / Law and Conflict / New Technologies
Suresh Venkatasubramanian

Editor’s note: There are disconnects between how algorithmic decision-making systems work and how law works, according to ...

Safety net or tangled web: Legal reviews of AI in weapons and war-fighting

April 18, 2019, Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Weapons
Netta Goussac

Editor’s note: For those interested in the topic of legal reviews of weapons, it is ...

The viability of data-reliant predictive systems in armed conflict detention

April 8, 2019, Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Detention / Law and Conflict / New Technologies
Tess Bridgeman

Editor’s note: In this post, Tess Bridgeman continues the discussion on detention and the potential use of ...

The need for clear governance frameworks on predictive algorithms in military settings

March 28, 2019, Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Detention / Law and Conflict / New Technologies
Lorna McGregor

Editor’s note: In this post, as part of the AI blog series, Lorna McGregor continues the discussion on ...

Detaining by algorithm

March 25, 2019, Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Detention / Law and Conflict / New Technologies
Ashley Deeks

Editor’s note: As part of this AI blog series, several posts focus on detention and the ...

Legal reviews of weapons, means and methods of warfare involving artificial intelligence: 16 elements to consider

March 21, 2019, Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Conduct of Hostilities / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Weapons
Dustin A. Lewis

What are some of the chief concerns in contemporary debates around legal reviews of weapons, ...

Expert views on the frontiers of artificial intelligence and conflict

March 19, 2019, Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Autonomous Weapons / Conduct of Hostilities / Law and Conflict / New Technologies
Sasha Radin

Recent advances in artificial intelligence have the potential to affect many aspects of our lives ...

Autonomous weapons: Operationalizing meaningful human control

August 15, 2018, Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Autonomous Weapons / Conduct of Hostilities / Law and Conflict / New Technologies
Merel Ekelhof

For the second time this year, States will come together in the UN Convention on ...

Autonomous weapon systems: An ethical basis for human control?

April 3, 2018, Artificial Intelligence and Armed Conflict / Autonomous Weapons / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / The most read blog posts in 2018 / Weapons
Neil Davison

The requirement for human control The risks of functionally delegating complex tasks—and associated decisions—to sensors ...