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Holy See calls on UN to end AI weapons development
Holy See calls on UN to end AI weapons development
https://www.holyseegeneva.org/media/muvjr2ua/26-aug-2024-gge-laws.pdf
Statement of H.E. Ettore Balestrero, Permanent Observer to the United Nations
and Other International Organizations in Geneva
to the Second Session of the 2024 Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on
Emerging Technologies in the Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons
Systems (LAWS)
General Exchange of Views
Geneva, 26 August 2024
Statement of H.E. Ettore Balestrero, Permanent Observer to the United Nations
and Other International Organizations in Geneva
to the Second Session of the 2024 Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on
Emerging Technologies in the Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons
Systems (LAWS)
General Exchange of Views
Geneva, 26 August 2024
Mr. Chair,
At the outset, please allow me to thank you for all the preparatory work that
you have conducted in advance of this second session of the Group of
Governmental Experts (GGE). In particular, my Delegation wishes to thank you for
the “rolling text” that you have provided, which constitutes a valuable foundation
upon which to build a shared understanding.
Speaking to the G7 leaders gathered in Italy last June, Pope Francis urged
them to “reconsider the development and use of devices like the so-called “lethal
autonomous weapons” and ultimately ban their use. This starts from an effective
and concrete commitment to introduce ever greater and proper human control.
No machine should ever choose to take the life of a human being.”1
For the Holy See, given the pace of technological advancements and the
research on weaponization of artificial intelligence, it is of the utmost urgency to
deliver concrete results in the form of a solid legally binding instrument and in the
meantime to establish an immediate moratorium on their development and use.
In this regard, it is profoundly distressing that, adding to the suffering caused by
armed conflicts, the battlefields are also becoming testing grounds for more and
more sophisticated weapons.
Friday, August 30, 2024
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Biden's 'new' nuclear strategy and the super-fuse that sets it off | Responsible Statecraft
Biden's 'new' nuclear strategy and the super-fuse that sets it off | Responsible Statecraft
NEW! Ted notes that the "news" that Biden has approved a new nuclear strategy to combat Russian and China nuclear "expansion" is not new:
Biden’s approval of this strategy is no more than a tacit acknowledgment of a two-decade-long U.S. technical program that has been more than just a “slight modernization” of weapons components, but a dramatic step towards the capability to fight and win nuclear wars with both China and Russia. In other words, there is nothing really “new” here at all, save the very public nature of the strategy’s acknowledgement....
The technical source of this vast improvement in U.S. nuclear firepower is a relatively new super fuse or “super fuze” that is already being fitted onto all U.S. strategic ballistic missiles. This fuse more than doubles the ability of the Trident II Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBMs) carrying W-76 100kt warheads to destroy Chinese and Russian nuclear-tipped Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) in hardened silos.
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
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