International Committee for Robot Arms Control (ICRAC) | Photo: ICRAC & Friends in Geneva 2014 #CCWUN | Tweets by @lauralifts & @lizjosullivan & @drfranksauer
"When people engage with the issue of autonomous weapons systems in an open way, there is a clear recognition of the serious risks they pose, and a determination to work on solutions. "- @ousmannoor's #StopKillerRobots closing statement at last week's #CCWUN meetings on #KillerRobots.
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Pleased to share @ICRC statement at the #CCW#LAWS#GGE:
➡️#Autonomousweapons represent an urgent humanitarian priority today !
✅Many States around the world are already committed to the adoption of new international legally-binding rules.
https://t.co/dVjIERyqhl
“We’re seeing leaps and bounds in countries’ positions on this issue”. It’s been a really interesting week at the #CCWUN so far… momentum is catching. Update below 👇 🎬📽️🍿#KillerRobots#KeepCtrl
Day 3️⃣of the #CCWUN meetings on #AutonomousWeapons 🇺🇳
#StopKillerRobots campaigners are in the room and watching online from around the 🌍to see what will happen at the #UN this week. We call on states to draw a clear moral and legal line against machines killing people #KeepCtrl
"We urge states to take action this year to launch negotiations on an international legally binding instrument on autonomous weapons systems"- @ousmannoor #StopKillerRobots statement at yesterday's #CCWUN meetings on #KillerRobots.
Watch the full video ➡️ https://t.co/EApjEs8VkW
States Parties to the #CCWUN (e.g. Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden) must stop saying they want to outlaw systems "completely outside of human control". Because...duh! Who'd build (let alone use) a weapon no one can control?
https://t.co/96UvcPlH1O
In this podcast, @Article36 discusses progress in early 2023 towards a legally binding instrument to regulate autonomy in weapons systems.
https://t.co/r9oYxJhaRE
We’re back in Geneva for Day 1 of #CCWUN. A lot of momentum + expectation for states to follow the example set by Latin America and the Caribbean two weeks ago. States need to draw a clear legal and moral line against machines killing people. Stay tuned #CCWUN#KillerRobots
Können wir es Computern überlassen, über Leben und Tod von Menschen zu entscheiden? Mit @adahlma, @VohsVanessa und @drfranksauer.
https://t.co/Kx9VCgXbxN
“This is a big step for us internationally, there’s a lot of momentum that’s going to come out of this conference, and we want to see that momentum taken into the international arena now”- @rjmoyes closing remarks at the Costa Rica regional conference @CRcancilleria#KillerRobots
📣Press release: Significant act of political + moral leadership as Latin American + Caribbean states issue a historic call for the urgent negotiation of international law on autonomy in weapons systems #KillerRobots#DigitalDehumanisation@CRcancilleria 🔗https://t.co/NvP6qjAufI
“We’re so excited by the potential of this meeting”! We’re in the room at the regional conference on the social and humanitarian impacts of #autonomousweapons. 33 states are meeting to discuss new int’l law on #KillerRobots ✊
Watch more below👇@CRcancilleria@issjones
“A communiqué from this region calling for a legally binding instrument is a historic milestone, significantly building momentum to the international effort to establish a new treaty on autonomous weapons systems”- Our statement at today’s conference @CRcancilleria @ousmannoor
“After all of the discussions, we’re seeing action and real moral and political leadership”
We’re live from the 2nd day of the regional conference on the Social & Humanitarian impact of #AutonomousWeapons. Stay tuned for updates throughout the day @CRcancilleria @ousmannoor 🎥👇🏽
And just like that, the hypothetical socially beneficial sci-fi use cases, so central to AI boosters' marketing, dissolve into air, leaving only the imperatives of capital.
We’re in San José for our #DigitalDehumanisation Conference + to attend the seminal meeting hosted by Costa Rica on the social and humanitarian impacts of autonomous weapons. 30 states from Latin America and the Caribbean are coming together and it’s a big moment #KillerRobots ⬇️