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Force quit killer AI.
Demand a global treaty.

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If an autonomous weapon kills civilians, who's responsible? Harvard Law's Bonnie Docherty calls it the accountability gap.

Sign for human control: https://t.co/27EFpCj2il

UK-specific petition: https://t.co/FMiOjmHcow

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The US just created an Autonomous Warfare Command. Harvard Law's Bonnie Docherty on why no machine can weigh civilian harm the way the law requires.

Sign: https://t.co/27EFpCj2il

UK-specific petition: https://t.co/FMiOjmHcow

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In the UK? Sign: https://t.co/FMiOjmHcow

In the EU? Sign: https://t.co/27EFpCj2il

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Select all squares containing a legitimate target.

A human sees kids at recess.

A machine sees whatever its code was trained to find.

No machine should ever answer this.

16–20 Nov in Geneva, demand a treaty that keeps humans deciding.

#StopKillerRobots

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Militaries already use AI to pick targets. The laws of war assume a human makes that call. Do they still hold up?

Sign to keep humans in control: https://t.co/27EFpCj2il

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An autonomous weapon picks the wrong target. Who answers for it?

Programmer: "I wrote code."
Manufacturer: "I built it."
Commander: "I switched it on."
Algorithm: …🤖…

Geneva, 16–20 Nov: https://t.co/27EFpCj2il

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Widely attributed to 1979 IBM training: a computer can never be held accountable, so it must never make a management decision.

It sure shouldn’t make kill decisions. Sign the petition: https://t.co/27EFpCj2il

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Lockheed Martin's CEO was asked on CNBC why defense stocks dipped amid the Iran war: "This demand is not fleeting. It's permanent."

War as a business model.

Demand human control over lethal force: https://t.co/27EFpCj2il

IG @/wvholler

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Helsing's co-CEO says AI drone swarms will make battlefields unsurvivable for humans, and full autonomy is the only way to scale. Watching from "the loop" isn't human control.

Reposted from IG @/pano.dime

Back a treaty: https://t.co/27EFpCj2il

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AI has cut the kill chain from 20 minutes to seconds, per the FT.
Less time for humans to check the machine.
In Iran, flawed targeting data sent a US strike into a girls' school.

Keep humans in control: https://t.co/27EFpCj2il

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AI has cut the kill chain from 20 minutes to seconds, per the FT.
Less time for humans to check the machine.
In Iran, flawed targeting data sent a US strike into a girls' school.

Keep humans in control: https://t.co/27EFpCj2il

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Russia now remotely pilots drones 200km into Ukraine via a self-healing radio "mesh," hunting moving trains. (via The Economist)

Drone war is outpacing the rules.

Demand human control over lethal force: https://t.co/27EFpCj2il

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89% of people in Germany are worried about AI weapons in war; 86% want Berlin to help lead on global rules. Reposted from IG @die_friedensgesellschaft (DFG-VK)

Treaty talks can start at the UN in Nov. Sign: https://t.co/27EFpCj2il

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Landmines. Cluster bombs. Chemical weapons. Small groups of campaigners helped ban them all. Now they're taking on AI weapons.

Reposted from IG @/cappsrob & @/lex_international

Sign for a killer robots treaty: https://t.co/27EFpCj2il

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UN AI panel co-chair Maria Ressa on AI's worst case: "the goodness of human nature vanishes."

When humans surrender judgment to machines in war, children die.

Keep humans in control: https://t.co/27EFpCj2il

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Brits have a hundred ways to say yes. AI weapons that pick their own targets need none. No human yes. No human no.

That’s not a joke. Say yes to a global treaty before Geneva, Nov 16–20:

https://t.co/27EFpCj2il

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Palmer Luckey pitched "oxytocin doping" to end "the tragedy of divorce."
Divorce isn't the tragedy.
Being trapped is.

He also builds autonomous weapons.

Keep humans in control: https://t.co/27EFpCj2il

🎥 IG @/cheyenne.l.hunt

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Ted Cruz: Better American killer robots than Chinese ones.
Jon Stewart: May I offer a third option? No killer robots.
[Reposted from @thedailyshow]

Sign for a binding UN treaty on autonomous weapons: https://t.co/27EFpCj2il

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UN aid chief Tom Fletcher says he's had to hide from $250 AI-powered drones in Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan and Ukraine. 🎥 via RTÉ News

Humans must stay in control of lethal force.
Sign: https://t.co/27EFpCj2il

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Asked if AI firms can safely police themselves, Palantir CEO Alex Karp told @itvnews: "I'm not God."

Agreed. No CEO should be the last safeguard on AI built for war.

Keep humans in control of lethal force: https://t.co/27EFpCj2il