Type: article
Abstract: Autonomous weapons have evolved since the dawn of weapons to be linked to human augmented.According to Thomas Rid, since World War II, autonomous weapons have become faster.Moreover, with the advent of the Internet and AI, and the ability to connect weaponr y to these, such weapons are increasingly autonomous in the attack process.Humans entrust their safety to these weapons; they have augmented the muscles, eyes, ears, voice, and brains of combat in many aspects.The paper describes LAWS (Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems), a new weapon that allows battlefield kills without interference from human judgment.The paper further details regulatory efforts that the international community is making.Is this system a potential deterrent?Currently, there is no international consensus on whether machines will make life or death decisions, and it is not clear whether LAWS can be expected to have a deterrent effect.In addition, while the advent of LAWS has been labeled as the next big militar y revolution, following the advent of nuclear weapons, no agreement has been reached on regulating international development and actual deployment.Although full autonomy of weapons has not been realized at this time, there is an increasingly active movement, mainly within civil society, to regulate the entire scope of LAWS.The subject of this paper is not limited to LAWS, but broadly targets the autonomy of weapons, and it aims to discuss the logic of the state aiming for the autonomy of weapons.＊東海大学政治経済学部政治学科准教授 藤巻裕之 26 東海大学紀要政治経済学部
Author: 藤巻, 裕之
Language: Japanese
Subfield: Control and Systems Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7145347137