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Autonomous Weapons

U.S. Support for Ukraine Would be Cheap at Twice the Price

OPINION – On a recent visit to Kyiv, we stood near midnight in an operations center surrounded by young Ukrainian drone pilots remotely flying [...] More

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The Ethics of the Kill Decision: Should Humans Always be in the Loop?

The Cipher Brief’s Academic Incubator partners with national security-focused programs from colleges and Universities across the country share the [...] More
Legal Limbo Leaves Killer Robots Off-Leash

Legal Limbo Leaves Killer Robots Off-Leash

The UN’s Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) met last week to discuss lethal autonomous weapons systems. But [...] More
Swarming the Battlefield: Combat Evolves Toward Lethal Autonomous Weapons

Swarming the Battlefield: Combat Evolves Toward Lethal Autonomous Weapons

War, often rationalized as an extension of policy by violent means, has always been a deeply human experience. It defines much of human history and, [...] More

Future Warfare Will Not Allow Meaningful Human Control

Bob Work, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, will tell you the Third Offset is the next generation of warfare. It may take at least ten years but it [...] More

Banning Killer Robots in 2017

Imagine a weapon that strikes on its own, without the slightest hint of human judgment or compassion. It’s a chilling prospect, and not so far in the [...] More