Weapons that can find and attack targets without a person choosing each target.
It is like a guard dog with a robot brain. It sees a stranger and decides to bite. Nobody holds the leash.
It gives target finding and firing to a machine. It raises fears about mistakes, blame, and human control.
National security AI
Autonomous weapons are a high-risk use of national security AI.
AI-regulation
They push rule makers to define human control and responsibility.
Robotics
Robotics gives autonomous weapons bodies to sense, move, and act.