Gill said this is already showing in some “current conflicts.” Russia’s war in Ukraine has seen a massive uptake of drone attacks and Israel has been criticized for the way it has used artificial intelligence technologies to select targets for bombing in its offensive in Gaza.
The United Nations is pushing for a global agreement on the regulation of autonomous weapons by next year. U.N. Secretary General António Guterres said Monday that “human control over the use of force is essential.”
“We cannot delegate life-or-death decisions to machines,” Guterres said.
