Discussion Rendezvous: Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems

Should we ban all the autonomous weapon systems? Or are those going to end all the human-involvement in wars?

The debate is real and discussed at the intergovernmental level. There is active research going on with the theme also in Turku, especially at the Departments of Philosophy and Future Technologies.

Our easygoing discussion event will present two opposite views to the matter: against and for lethal autonomous weapon systems. We will start with two short presentations based on scientific articles and continue with an open discussion.

For preliminary reading (recommended, but not required at all), please check:

Fleischman, W. M. (2015). Just say “no!” to lethal autonomous robotic weapons. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 13(3/4), 299-313.
https://philpapers.org/rec/FLEJSN?fbclid=IwAR06QQP3MRN_TI1FmWZyJnTLZDspgSchcEcb4UGebHT5fnq19Dzhm4kJeeo

Müller, V. C. (2016). Autonomous killer robots are probably good news. In Drones and Responsibility (pp. 77-91). Routledge.
http://www.sophia.de/pdf/2014_Killer_Robots_Policy_Paper.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2zn2aWx0rvya2ssxtPxwPbnI0XLJpfVUac3807qVkOaxgQKqFuxyIs3fs