Artificial Intelligence Applied to Robotics in Armed Conflict. Debates on Autonomous Lethal Weapons Systems and the (In)Sufficiency of the Protocols of International Humanitarian Law

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Published: Jan 26, 2021
Issue: Vol. 23 No. 1 (2021): Aniversario 30 años de la Constitución Política de 1991
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Keywords: Artificial intelligence robotics weapons systems automation international humanitarian law

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Adriana Margarita Porcelli
Universidad nacional de Luján

Abstract

This review article focuses on the potential use of lethal autonomous weapons, called
by the Nobel laureate Jody Williams, killer robots in armed conflicts, and analyzes its
main problem: the aptitude of such weapons to comply with the international humanitarian
law and human rights or the necessity to dictate a legal and ethical regulatory
framework that preventively prohibits their implementation. The methodology used
was based on the scientific method, specifically on bibliographic research related to
military computer advances and the survey of international legislation on the subject.
It is a bibliographic-documentary and descriptive study in which data published in
journals and specialized books on international humanitarian law and on defense and
military strategy from different countries were collected. One of the conclusions is
that currently there is no normative or conceptual consensus at the international level
in the application of autonomous weapons systems and that preventive prohibition is
not the conclusive answer to the problem.

Author Biography

Adriana Margarita Porcelli, Universidad nacional de Luján

Investigadora y Profesora Adjunta Ordinaria, Departamento de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Nacional de Luján. Argentina
How to Cite
Porcelli, A. M. (2021). Artificial Intelligence Applied to Robotics in Armed Conflict. Debates on Autonomous Lethal Weapons Systems and the (In)Sufficiency of the Protocols of International Humanitarian Law. Estudios Socio-Jurídicos, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/sociojuridicos/a.9269
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