The study of human control behaviour and subsystem identification in dynamic systems focuses on understanding how humans interact with and regulate complex systems. Research in this area explores both ...

The governance challenge is intensifying as digital systems increasingly optimize for machine consumption rather than human ...

“I’ll be back,” Arnold Schwarzenegger famously promised in the 1984 sci-fi hit The Terminator. He wasn’t kidding. In a 2023 interview, the actor turned governor suggested that the movie’s vision of ...

When AI systems can control multiple sources simultaneously, the potential for harm explodes. We need to keep humans in the loop. AI agents have set the tech industry abuzz. Unlike chatbots, these ...

Human Rights Watch appreciates the opportunity to submit its views and recommendations for consideration by the United Nations secretary-general in response to Resolution 78/241 on “Lethal autonomous ...

Autonomous weapons systems present numerous risks to humanity, most of which infringe on fundamental obligations and principles of international human rights law. Such systems select and engage ...

References by Pentagon officials, the think tank world, and various world leaders to autonomous weapon systems often cite a U.S. military policy requirement that doesn’t even exist. Published in 2012 ...

The United Nations rarely moves fast on disarmament. This year, though, it did something unusual. On November 6, the General Assembly’s First Committee, where states debate over questions of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A common trope today is that artificial intelligence is too complex to understand and impossible to control. Some pioneering work ...