Publication

Feb 2016

This paper considers 1) the risks of using autonomous weapon systems in future wars; 2) the guidelines that are needed to evaluate these risks (safety, reliability, etc.); and 3) the seemingly greater utility of semiautonomous systems, which retain an important human element in the loop.

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Author Paul Scharre
Series CNAS Working Papers
Publisher Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
Copyright © 2016 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
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