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🚨 Autonomous Drones in Warfare: A New Era with Unseen Risks 🚨 Check out my latest article on Medium, where I explore the 2020 autonomous drone incident in Libya—a pivotal moment in military history. The first recorded instance of a "fire, forget, and find" drone acting without human intervention raises profound questions about the future of war and the potential breaches of International Humanitarian Law (IHL). https://lnkd.in/e6p86vz8

Wow! The RCMP just set a new standard in trust and engagement with the publication of their “Transparency Blueprint”, a singular view into the operational technologies they deploy. The Blueprint outlines the careful consideration of technologies like on-device investigative tools, cell-site simulators, and remotely piloted aircraft systems (drones), focusing on protecting privacy while enhancing public safety. From the introduction: “The RCMP recognizes that the deployment of operational technologies should consider and balance the needs of law enforcement against any privacy and ethical issues related to their use. While it is not always possible to provide all of the details of how and when certain operational technologies are used, which could negatively impact their effectiveness, NTOP nevertheless promotes transparency as a key consideration for maintaining public trust and confidence in the responsible use of these technologies by the RCMP.” I’ve long argued that obfuscation and unnecessary secrecy can be counterproductive to law enforcement and security efforts. Transparency can still be offered while maintaining operational (and source) security. This initiative reflects a strong commitment to public trust and sets a benchmark for transparency in law enforcement technologies. It’s a risk, but a risk well worth taking. Check out the Transparency Blueprint document at https://lnkd.in/gs2K_79x #PublicSafety #LawEnforcement #Trust #Transparency Royal Canadian Mounted Police | Gendarmerie royale du Canada. Bryan M. Larkin

An important reminder from Sydney Freedberg of Breaking Defense. Innovation is never easy. The reality is two significant headwinds exist to hamper force multiplication at the tactical level: The ability to make large quantities of unmanned vehicles quickly and enable them to function in denied environments. These are two different things but both can and will be part of "Replicator." Congress should be focused on saving U.S. and allied lives and cutting costs. "Replicator" is a genuine effort to do both. United States Department of Defense https://lnkd.in/gRw5i7mP

The #ICRC welcomes the resumption of the work of the Group of Governmental Experts #GGE on #autonomous #weapons system at the #CCW. The development and proliferation of autonomous weapons have the potential to significantly change the way wars are fought and contribute to global instability and heightened international tensions. By creating a perception of reduced risk to military forces and to civilians, they may lower the threshold for engaging in conflicts, inadvertently escalating violence. We must act now to preserve human control over the use of force. Human control must be retained in life and death decisions. The autonomous targeting of humans by machines is a #moral line that we must not cross. Machines with the power and discretion to take #lives without #human #involvement should be #prohibited by international law. More on our contribution to the discussions in Georgia Hinds post below #IHL #humanitarianlaw International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC

We need a version of Moore's Law for the United States Department of Defense. DoD should double the amount of autonomous systems in field every two years. 20th century: quantity has quality all on its own 21st century: autonomy has strength all on its own #21stcenturyoffset

An interesting read and idea in the decision making required for the future technologies in surveillance, Defence and offence. https://lnkd.in/eyaAz6Ya