Supporters of a ban on killer robots
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Around the world, calls are mounting
for a ban on fully autonomous weapons
António Guterres
Imagine the consequences of an autonomous system that could, by itself, target and attack human beings. I call upon States to ban these weapons, which are politically unacceptable and morally repugnant.
Jody Williams
We reject the notion that killer robots are inevitable. They are only inevitable if those in this room and countless others around the world who oppose lethal weapons without meaningful human control are willing to roll over and allow the not necessarily inevitable to become a deadly and terrifying reality.
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Nobel Peace
Laureates
Nobel Peace Laureates have endorsed the call to ban killer robots through a 2014 open letter calling for a ban on killer robots and/or signing on to joint declarations issued by the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, most recently in Mérida on 22 September 2019.
“We, the undersigned Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, applaud this new global effort and whole-heartedly embrace its goal of a preemptive ban on fully autonomous weapons that would be able to select and attack targets on their own. It is unconscionable that human beings are expanding research and development of lethal machines that would be able to kill people without human intervention.”
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Faith Leaders
Faith leaders of various denominations have endorsed an interfaith call to action against fully autonomous weapons. The signatures were collected by campaign co-founder PAX (formerly IKV Pax Christi).
“Now, it is time to take a stand against fully autonomous weapons. Therefore, we, as religious leaders, faith groups and faith-based organizations, raise our collective voice to call on all governments to participate in the international debate on the issue, and to work towards a ban on the development, production and use of fully autonomous weapons.”
AI AND ROBOTICS EXPERTS
Scientists around the world are speaking up about the dangers of fully autonomous weapons and the need for a ban. A series of open letters outline their concerns.
“Just as most chemists and biologists have no interest in building chemical or biological weapons, most AI researchers have no interest in building AI weapons — and do not want others to tarnish their field by doing so, potentially creating a major public backlash against AI that curtails its future societal benefits.”
30 countries are calling
for a prohibition on fully autonomous weapons
Algeria
Argentina
Austria
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Djibouti
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Ghana
Guatemala
Holy See
Iraq
Jordan
Mexico
Morocco
Namibia
Nicaragua
Pakistan
Panama
Peru
State of Palestine
Uganda
Venezuela
Zimbabwe
Parliamentarians and parliamentary bodies around the world are calling for action towards a ban on killer robots
The European Parliament
The parliamentary assembly of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
The Dutch Parliament
The Belgian Parliamentary Defence Committe
