Outputs (4)

Regulating armed swarms under international law (2024)
Book Chapter

Of the known military systems under development today perhaps none are more controversial than autonomous weapons systems (AWS). Indeed, for several years, opponents have been urging the United Nations (UN) to prohibit this emerging weapons technolog... Read More about Regulating armed swarms under international law.

Embodied artificial intelligence and jus ad bellum necessity: Influence and imminence in the digital age (2022)
Journal Article

In “re-opening” the classic debate surrounding a state’s wider right of self- defense (in light of emerging technologies, and via the “lens” of influence communications), the authors controversially “close” the following discussion in favor of allowi... Read More about Embodied artificial intelligence and jus ad bellum necessity: Influence and imminence in the digital age.

The duty to take precautions in hostilities, and the disobeying of orders: Should robots refuse? (2021)
Journal Article

This Article not only questions whether an embodied artificial intelligence (“EAI”) could give an order to a human combatant, but controversially, examines whether it should also refuse one. A future EAI may be capable of refusing to follow an order,... Read More about The duty to take precautions in hostilities, and the disobeying of orders: Should robots refuse?.

“Embodied AI” and the direct participation in hostilities: A legal analysis (2020)
Journal Article

This Article questions whether, under International Humanitarian Law (IHL), the concept of a “civilian” should be limited to humans. Prevailing debate within IHL scholarship has largely focused on the lawfulness (or not) of the recourse to autonomou... Read More about “Embodied AI” and the direct participation in hostilities: A legal analysis.