An international conference has begun in Switzerland to discuss the regulation of AI weapons using AI = artificial intelligence, in which machines automatically recognize and attack targets. The gap with the country is large and it is difficult to predict whether each country will be able to come close to each other.
Regarding the regulation of AI weapons, government representatives and experts have held regular meetings for four years, and have compiled a report stating that international humanitarian law will be observed in the development and use of weapons. ..
The first official meeting began on the 3rd at the United Nations European Headquarters in Geneva, and at the beginning, a message from Deputy Secretary-General Izumi Nakamitsu, who is in charge of disarmament issues at the United Nations, was introduced. It is an important time to achieve good results, "he called for deepening the regulatory debate.
After that, representatives of each country expressed their opinions and Russia and others, which are promoting the development of weapons, took a cautious stance on regulation, while Austria and others insisted that international standards for regulation should be established.
Japan has shown its willingness to cooperate in the creation of international regulations after assessing the characteristics of AI weapons.
At the meeting that will continue until the 13th of this month, opinions will be exchanged on the definition of AI weapons and the relationship with international humanitarian law, and the results will be reported at the operation review meeting of the CCW = Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons held in December. However, it is uncertain whether countries with very different opinions can come close to each other.