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This year (2015), the Open Roboethics initiative conducted a survey to better understand public opinions on the question of the ethics and governance of autonomous weapons systems that makes the decision to use lethal force without requiring human intervention and systems in which a person in a remote location makes the decision.
You can find out about this year’s results on our summary report, The Ethics and Governance of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems and can explore the results from our interactive web report.
Public opinion on this topic is important, and can also change over time. We want to continue to engage you in our discussions on this topic by keeping the survey open. Help us continue the discussion on this topic by completing our multi-lingual survey below and to share the link with others:
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November 9, 2015moebiex
November 11, 2015AS a biologist I see these technologies as key to reducing conflict in the future. Miniaturized autonomous tracking and event loggers especially for example to record evidence for subsequent ICC proceedings. Also- in conflict zones dedicated robotic devices (small, autonomous and numerous) could be used to specifically deactivate all weapons without further human intervention- this would be a very good thing given the passions that are unleashed and at play in these situations.