BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240709T082141Z UID:8E547014-39F8-448A-933C-25A458CF982A DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240708T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240708T190000 DESCRIPTION:[]\n\nOngoing meetings of the United Nations in Geneva regardin g the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons consider the many issues surrounding the use of lethal autonomous weapons systems from a variety of legal\, ethical\, operational\, and technical perspectives. Over 80 natio ns are represented and engaged in the discussion. This talk reprises the i ssues the author broached regarding the role of lethal autonomous robotic systems and warfare\, and how if they are developed appropriately\, they m ay have the ability to significantly reduce civilian casualties in the bat tlespace. This can lead to a moral imperative for their use\, not unlike w hat Human Rights Watch has attributed regarding the use of precision-guide d munitions in urban settings due to the enhanced likelihood of reduced no ncombatant deaths. Nonetheless\, if the usage of this technology is not pr operly addressed or is hastily deployed\, it can lead to possible dystopia n futures. This talk will encourage others to think of ways to approach th e issues of restraining lethal autonomous systems from illegal or immoral actions in the context of both International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law\, whether through technology or legislation.\n\nSpeaker(s): Ronald Ar kin\, \n\nAgenda: \n5 pm - Introductions\, Start of talk\,\n6 pm - End of talk\, Q&A\n6:45 pm - End of event\n\nALL TIMES are EST/EDT!\n\nVirtual: h ttps://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/425890 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/425890 ORGANIZER:sharan.kalwani@ieee.org SEQUENCE:23 SUMMARY:Lethal Autonomous Robots and the Plight of the Noncombatant URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/425890 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><img style="float: left\; border-width: 4p x\; border-style: dashed\; margin: 3px\;" src="https://events.vtools.ieee. org/vtools_ui/media/display/95b85167-555c-4887-94e4-d8eb7e4a3255" alt="" w idth="258" height="246"></p>\n<p style="text-align: justify\;">Ongoing mee tings of the United Nations in Geneva regarding the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons consider the many issues surrounding the use of letha l autonomous weapons systems from a variety of legal\, ethical\, operation al\, and technical perspectives. Over 80 nations are represented and engag ed in the discussion. This talk reprises the issues the author broached re garding the role of lethal autonomous robotic systems and warfare\, and ho w if they are developed appropriately\, they may have the ability to signi ficantly reduce civilian casualties in the battlespace. This can lead to a moral imperative for their use\, not unlike what Human Rights Watch has a ttributed regarding the use of precision-guided munitions in urban setting s due to the enhanced likelihood of reduced noncombatant deaths. Nonethele ss\, if the usage of this technology is not properly addressed or is hasti ly deployed\, it can lead to possible dystopian futures. This talk will en courage others to think of ways to approach the issues of restraining leth al autonomous systems from illegal or immoral actions in the context of bo th International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law\, whether through techn ology or legislation.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>5 pm - Introductions \, Start of talk\,<br>6 pm - End of talk\, Q&amp\;A<br>6:45 pm - End of ev ent</p>\n<p><span style="color: rgb(224\, 62\, 45)\;"><strong>ALL TIMES ar e EST/EDT!</strong></span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR