(ORDO NEWS) — More than 60 countries, including the US and China, signed a “call to action” at the first international summit on the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in The Hague, the Netherlands, effectively endorsing the responsible use of AI in the military.
Representatives of 60 countries signed an agreement to comply with “international legal obligations” “in a manner that does not undermine international security, stability and accountability”, which at first glance sounds like a good idea.
But this modest agreement is non-binding, and human rights activists warn that it lacks any specific language for weapons “such as AI drones and kamikaze drones that could kill without human intervention or the risk that AI can lead to an escalation of military conflict.”
In other words, while the whole point of the summit was for the leaders to lay down some ground rules and firm norms for the use of AI as a weapon, no specifics have yet been forthcoming. And everything that is not forbidden is allowed.
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