Stop Killer Robots Campaign

As a novelist, Daniel Suarez spins dystopian tales of the future. But on the TEDGlobal stage, he talks us through a real-life scenario we all need to know more about: the rise of autonomous robotic weapons of war. Advanced drones, automated weapons and AI-powered intelligence-gathering tools, he suggests, could take the decision to make war out of the hands of humans.

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Outreach by the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots at United Nations in Geneva in advance of the Human Rights Council debate on the report by UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Professor Christof Heyns. 28 May 2013.

Featuring: Christof Heyns and campaign representatives Mary Wareham and Steve Goose of Human Rights Watch, Peter Asaro of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control, and Beatrice Fihn, Women's International Leagure for Peace and Freedom.

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London protest march against American drone attacks and the killing of innocent civilians.

Date: November 23, 2013
Time: 1PM

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Debate with Prof Matthew Waxman and Dr. Peter Asaro.
Geneva - Wednesday 20 November 2013.

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Remarks by Ryan Gariepy , co-founder and chief technology officer at Clearpath Robotics Inc., on the Canadian company's August 2014 statement pledging not to develop or manufacture weaponized robots that remove humans from the loop:

"ClearPath Robotics takes stance against ‘killer robots’"

by Meghan Hennessey
August 13, 2014

"Company pledges it won’t develop killer robots"

ClearPath Robotics of Kitchener, Canada issued the following statement on 13 August 2014, pledging its support for the call for a preemptive ban on fully autonomous weapons. The company says it will continue to work with its military clients, but has “vouched to not manufacture weaponized robots that remove humans from the loop” as it “has chosen to value our ethics over potential future revenue.”

August 13, 2014

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Narrated by campaign coordinator Mary Wareham this short film looks at recent outreach by the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots in New York in October 2014 and planned talks in 2015 to address "lethal autonomous weapons systems." The film flags the campaign's call for substantive and inclusive deliberations.

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Produced by Sharron Ward for the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots YouTube channel, this 6:33 film shot at the second Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) meeting of experts on "lethal autonomous weapons systems" at the United Nations in Geneva on 13-17 April 2015 contains observations from civil society participants, highlights the campaign's contributions, and looks at the way ahead.

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We need a treaty banning autonomous killing machines before it's too late, The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots warns. Hear their arguments in this video.

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Steve Goose of Human Rights Watch addresses the concluding session of the Convention on Conventional Weapons meeting on on lethal autonomous weapons systems held at UN Geneva on 13-17 April 2015.

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Audio recording of a media briefing convened by the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots in New York on 20 October 2015.

Ms. Miriam Struyk of PAX moderated the briefing, which featured remarks by Prof. Toby Walsh, University of New South Wales and Data61, campaign coordinator Ms. Mary Wareham of Human Rights Watch, Dr. Ian Kerr of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control and Mr. Richard Moyes, Article 36.

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The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots and thousands of artificial intelligence experts are calling for a ban on fully autonomous weapons. Such weapons would be able to select targets and attack without human intervention. They are just around the corner. We must act now, before it's too late.

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ICRA 2020 Keynote Talk: How long before Killer Robots?
Toby Walsh
UNSW Sydney
Fellow, Australian Academy of Science

2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
31 May - 31 August, 2020
Virtual Conference

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