Can autonomous AI-powered killer drones take morality onboard?
As drones are deployed in large numbers in the Ukraine war and AI assists bombing missions in the Iran conflict, future weapons may need greater autonomy, raising ethical challenges about moral frameworks for AI.
While the technology is set to play a growing role in modern warfare, there remains an unresolved ethical challenge
Should the AI-powered drones of the future have a licence to kill? The question is becoming ever more pressing as governments and the defence industry acknowledge that drone systems will play an increasingly crucial role in future warfare.
With drones being deployed in huge numbers in the Ukraine war and AI being used to assist bombing missions in the Iran conflict, there is an expectation among some observers that weapons will have to operate with increased operational autonomy, which means they will need something approximating a moral framework.
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