Artificial Intelligence
Lawfully Using Autonomous Weapon Technologies
Editor's note: This post is derived from the author’s recently published book Lawfully Using Autonomous Weapon Technologies, published with Springer Press. We, members of the human race in 2024, already live in a world saturated with artificial intelligence (AI). Like...
Targeting in the Black Box: The Need to Reprioritize AI Explainability
States around the world are racing to leverage the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) to their own military advantage. In the coming decades, AI-based systems are expected to revolutionize logistics, significantly alter targeting processes, and power...
Rules of Engagement as a Regulatory Framework for Military Artificial Intelligence
Proper regulatory frameworks are required for the development, deployment, and use of artificial intelligence (AI) for military purposes. Any such frameworks must comply with international law. In addition, because existing international law does not provide specific...
Israel – Hamas 2024 Symposium – The Gospel, Lavender, and the Law of Armed Conflict
In November 2023, +972 Magazine and Local Call published a joint report on Israel Defense Force (IDF) targeting operations, labeling them a “mass assassination factory.” It correctly stated that the IDF was using “Gospel,” a system characterized as relying upon...
Artificial Intelligence Systems and Humans in Military Decision-Making: Not Better or Worse but Better Together
In conversations about the military use of artificial intelligence (AI), I am frequently presented with the following question: might AI systems be better than humans at complying with international humanitarian law (IHL) in military decisions on the use of force?...
Israel-Hamas 2024 Symposium – AI-Based Targeting in Gaza: Surveying Expert Responses and Refining the Debate
The reported use of artificial intelligence-enabled decision-support systems (AI-DSS), in particular the Gospel and Lavender, by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in their military operations in Gaza has been controversial. Allegedly, these two systems are used to...
In Honor of Yoram Dinstein – Command Responsibility in an Era of New Weapons
Editors’ note: This post is part of a series to honor Professor Yoram Dinstein, who passed away on Saturday February 10, 2024. These posts recognize Professor Dinstein’s work and the significant contribution his scholarship has made to our understanding of...
Artificial Intelligence for Better Protection of Civilians During Urban Warfare
Editor’s Note: This post is drawn from the author’s article-length work recently published in The Military Law and the Law of War Review. Images emerging from hostilities in cities such as Gaza, Odesa, Kharkiv, and Donetsk send a stark reminder that warfare causes...
AWS Legal Review Series – A Functional Approach
This post appears as part of a series on the legal review of autonomous weapon systems. An introductory post by Professors Rain Liivoja and Sean Watts provides an overview of the series. Autonomous weapon systems (AWS) are no longer confined to works of fiction. The...
AWS Legal Review Series – Introduction
In recent years, discussions about the legal compliance of various novel military uses of technology have shone a spotlight on something that used to be the obscure province of military lawyers: the legal reviews of new weapons, means and methods of warfare. Also...