Values, Proportionality, and Uncertainty in Military Autonomous Devices

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Authors
Publication date 2024
Host editors
  • N. Osman
  • L. Steels
Book title Value Engineering in Artificial Intelligence
Book subtitle First International Workshop, VALE 2023, Krakow, Poland, September 30, 2023 : proceedings
ISBN
  • 9783031582042
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9783031582028
Series Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Event 1st International Workshop on Value Engineering in Artificial Intelligence
Pages (from-to) 219-236
Number of pages 18
Publisher Cham: Springer
Organisations
  • Faculty of Law (FdR) - Leibniz Center for Law (FdR)
  • Faculty of Law (FdR) - T.M.C. Asser Instituut
  • Faculty of Law (FdR)
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Informatics Institute (IVI)
Abstract This position paper presents a discussion on the problem of implementing the rules of International Humanitarian Law in AI-driven military autonomous devices. Fulfilling the proportionality test is one of its key requirements. This test, in order to exclude attacks causing excessive collateral damage, requires comparison of two values: anticipated military advantage and expected incidental harm. In this paper we introduce a discussion of how to take into consideration the problem of uncertainty inherent to all military attacks, and how to combine it with the evaluation process.
Document type Conference contribution
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58202-8_13
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