Thursday, 10 Dec 2015 08:30–10:00 UTC+01
Lethal Autonomous Weapons: The Challenge of Accountability
Background:Technological advances in weaponry mean that decisions about the use of force on the battlefield could increasingly be taken by machines operating without human intervention.
Tuesday, 16 May 2017 13:00–14:30 UTC+02
Lethal Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War
Welcome to a discussion on the relationship between artificial intelligence, its likely uses in warfare, and how the technology could be controlled.
Journal Article
In Defense of (Virtuous) Autonomous Weapons
Journal article in Notre Dame Journal on Emerging Technologies
Conference Paper
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Autonomous Weapons-
Conference paper
Policy Brief
Norway’s Policy on Emerging Military Technologies: Widening the Debate on AI and Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems
PRIO Policy Brief
Popular Article
Lethal Autonomous Weapons: Issues for the International Community
Popular article in Security & Defence Agenda
Popular Article
Lethal Autonomous Weapons: Killing the ‘Robots-don’t-Rape’ Argument
Popular article in IntLawGrrls
Friday, 16 May 2014
PRIO Researchers Contribute to Debate on Lethal Autonomous Weapons
Issues for the International Community
Wednesday, 30 Oct 2024
PRIO AI Days Unites Experts to Shape Technology's Role in Global Peace
For a second year, PRIO AI Days took place earlier this month to explore the transformative role of artificial intelligence in global peace and security.
Friday, 11 Oct 2024
Statement on Nobel Peace Prize Announcement by PRIO Director Henrik Urdal
“Today’s Nobel Peace Prize award to Nihon Hidankyo comes at a crucial time when countries are modernizing their nuclear arsenals, and threats of use by traditional and emerging nuclear powers are alarmingly on the rise."
Popular Article
Putin's nuclear blackmail goes doctrinal
Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor
Report – Other
Innovative: Keeping the technological edge in the area of security and defence
Sovereign, Capable, Innovative, Responsive: Prospects and challenges for EU security and defence policy in the 10th parliamentary term
Policy Brief
Turns in the Long War as Drivers for Arms Control
PRIO Policy Brief
Popular Article
Moscow takes measure of Western vaccilations
Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor
Book Chapter
Ethical analysis of AI-based systems for military use
Book chapter in Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and the Future of Warfare
Policy Brief
Arming Saudi Arabia: Navigating the Paradox of Power and Vulnerability
MidEast Policy Brief
PRIO Blogs
Lethal Autonomous Weapons: Killing the ‘Robots-don’t-Rape’ Argument
Earlier this spring, we debated a law professor who insisted that lethal autonomous weapons (LAWS) could clean up war. The professor posited that a war fought with autonomous weapons would be a war without rape. Taking humans out of the loop would...
PRIO Blogs
Lethal Autonomous Weapons: Issues for the International Community
On May 13-16 a United Nations (UN) expert meeting will discuss ‘questions relating to emerging technologies’ in lethal autonomous weapon systems. Such systems are distinguished by being mobile and selecting targets autonomously without direct huma...
PRIO Blogs
Issues for the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots
The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots was launched in April 2013 with the objective of achieving a ban on the development, production and deployment of lethal autonomous weapons. In May 2014, the issue will be discussed by a UN expert meeting under t...
Policy Brief
The Humanitarian Disarmament Roundtable Conference, 2023: A Summary of Discussions
PRIO Policy Brief
Policy Brief
What Can We Learn from Past Humanitarian Disarmament Campaigns?
PRIO Policy Brief
Policy Brief
Momentum Lost? Three Recommendations for the Future of Humanitarian Campaigning
PRIO Policy Brief
Journal Article
Regulating Autonomy in Civilian Drones: Towards a Spectral Approach
Journal article in Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems
Journal Article
Risks of Weaponry Integrated with Artificial Intelligence
Journal article in Existenz
Wednesday, 7 Feb 2024
Nobel Peace Prize 2024: PRIO Director’s List Announced
The Director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Henrik Urdal, announced his list today for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, with election observers topping the list.
PRIO Blogs
What’s Wrong with the Idea that ‘Robots don’t Rape’?
The politics of rape denunciation is fast becoming the politics of lobbyists, vendors and military manufacturers seeking access to new customers and markets. The recognition of wartime rape as a fundamental violation of international law has been ...
PRIO Blogs
Giant Fake Ladybugs on Tanks? The Future of Warfare in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and the Need for Ethics
In September this year, Chief Software Officer for the U.S. Air Force Nicholas Chaillian, unexpectedly resigned. The reason for his resignation? To protest the slow pace of technological transformation taking place in the U.S. military, and where ...
PRIO Blogs
The Iterative Relationship Between Technology and International Security
Scientific breakthroughs and technological innovations are often subject to public discussion about their capacity to affect international security, either by their military exploitation or their uptake and re-appropriation through non-state actor...
PRIO Blogs
Ungovernable or Humanitarian Experimentation? Generative AI as an Accountability Issue
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik and Kristoffer Lidén discuss the type of accountability challenges generative AI, such as Chat GPT, represents for humanitarian governance. A need to recalibrate humanitarian accountability discussions In the summer of 202...
PRIO Paper
Artificial Intelligence in Military Planning and Operations
PRIO Paper