Are we ready for Autonomous Weapons? with Alan Schuller

National Security Law Today

The black letter law discussed in this episode is: Primer on International Humanitarian Law https://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/what_is_ihl.pdf The major principles of IHL https://casebook.icrc.org/glossary/fundamental-principles-ihl Artificial Intelligence winning Texas hold ‘em https://www.geekwire.com/2017/libratus-ai-program-bested-professional-poker-players-no-limit-texas-holdem/ CCW (Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons) https://www.unog.ch/80256EE600585943/(httpPages)/4F0DEF093B4860B4C1257180004B1B30?OpenDocument 2017 CCW meeting https://www.unog.ch/80256EE600585943/(httpPages)/A0A0A3470E40345CC12580CD003D7927?OpenDocument ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) https://www.icrc.org/en DOD Directive on Autonomy in Weapon Systems https://cryptome.org/dodi/dodd-3000-09.pdf Federal Acquisition Regulations https://www.acquisition.gov/browsefar DOD Instruction on Joint Services Weapon and Laser System Safety Review Processes http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/500069p.pdf?ver=2017-11-20-141123-893 Additional Protocol 1 https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/ihl/INTRO/470 LtCol Schuller’s articles: Inimical Inceptions of Imminence: A New Approach to Anticipatory Self-Defense Under the Law of Armed Conflict https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2701499 At the Crossroads of Control: The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence in Autonomous Weapon Systems with International Humanitarian Law https://harvardnsj.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2017/02/Schuller-NSJ-Vol-8.pdf Alan Schuller is a professor at the Stockton Center for the Study of International Law: https://usnwc.edu/Faculty-and-Departments/Directory/Alan-L-Schuller