War on the Rocks

Beyond Human-in-the-Loop: Managing AI Risks in Nuclear Command-and-Control

On Nov. 16, U.S. and Chinese leaders met on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima, Peru, jointly affirming “the need to maintain human control over the decision to use ...
Human Rights Watch

Submission to the United Nations Secretary-General on Autonomous Weapons Systems

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 ...
Foreign Affairs

AI Weapons and the Dangerous Illusion of Human Control

“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 ...
War on the Rocks

Autonomous Weapon Systems: No Human-in-the-Loop Required, and Other Myths Dispelled

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 ...
Human Rights Watch

Statement to CCW GGE consultation on lethal autonomous weapons systems

Human Rights Watch welcomes the Chair’s background paper from last week and the latest revision of the rolling text dated May 12. We also welcome the opportunity to discuss these documents in an ...