Autonomous Weapon Systems: No Human-in-the-Loop Required, and Other Myths Dispelled
References by Pentagon officials, the think tank world, and various world leaders to autonomous weapon systems often cite a U.S. military policy requirement that doesn’t even exist. Published in 2012 and updated in 2023, Department of Defense Directive 3000.09, Autonomy in Weapon Systems governs the Pentagon’s deployment and use of semi-autonomous and autonomous weapon systems. An autonomous weapon system is a weapon system that, once activated, can select and engage targets without further intervention by an operator. A semi-autonomous weapon system is something like the precision-guided weapons of today. Most prominently, the policy requires that, for some kinds of autonomous The post Autonomous Weapon Systems: No Human-in-the-Loop Required, and Other Myths Dispelled appeared first on War on the Rocks.
References by Pentagon officials, the think tank world, and various world leaders to autonomous weapon systems often cite a U.S. military policy requirement that doesn’t even exist. Published in 2012 and updated in 2023, Department of Defense Directive 3000.09, Autonomy in Weapon Systems governs the Pentagon’s deployment and use of semi-autonomous and autonomous weapon systems. An autonomous weapon system is a weapon system that, once activated, can select and engage targets without further intervention by an operator. A semi-autonomous weapon system is something like the precision-guided weapons of today. Most prominently, the policy requires that, for some kinds of autonomous
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