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SUMMARY:Autonomous Weapons and the Need for Regulation
DESCRIPTION:Senior Researcher Branka Marijan will deliver a lecture as part
  of the Third Age Learning AI Lecture Series.\nSo called killer robots mig
 ht present the most frightening application of AI in many ways. Utilizing 
 AI technology in munitions and weapons has deadly implications. The potent
 ial absence of oversight and control of autonomous weapons can be disconce
 rting. The possibility for error can have deadly consequences to non-comba
 tants. AI has been more commonly deployed in the form of cyberwarfare infi
 ltrating systems to disrupt systems such as electrical power grids.\nThis 
 session will cover the current understanding of autonomous weapons\, the n
 ecessary requirements to ensure civilian protection and the future risks w
 ithout regulation. The need for strict regulations reflects the political 
 considerations and military strategies of past and recent conflicts that h
 ave targeted civilians and civilian infrastructure. Specific regulations n
 eed to address the minimum limits to the extent of human control\, restric
 tions on types of autonomous weapon systems and the situations in which th
 ey are utilized. Learning from previous arms control and disarmament agree
 ments provides frameworks to address the challenges of regulating AI techn
 ologies.
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LOCATION:Harcourt United Church\, 87 Dean Avenue\,\, Guelph\, Canada
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