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The United Nations’ technology envoy Amandeep Singh Gill today warned that using autonomous weapons can lead to mounting losses in wars and conflicts.
“Putting some distance between humans and [the] taking of life on the battlefield” can make certain countries and armed groups “more trigger-happy,” Gill said during a video interview at POLITICO’s AI and Tech Summit in Brussels.
“The threshold of conflict can be lower,” he said.
Gill said this is already showing in some “current conflicts.” Russia’s war in Ukraine has seen a massive uptake of drone attacks and Israel has been criticized for the way it has used artificial intelligence technologies to select targets for bombing in its offensive in Gaza.
The United Nations is pushing for a global agreement on the regulation of autonomous weapons by next year. U.N. Secretary General António Guterres said Monday that “human control over the use of force is essential.”
“We cannot delegate life-or-death decisions to machines,” Guterres said.
