Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology launched the AI research centre with Hanwha Systems Co., a defence electronics company
More than 50 artificial intelligence and robotics researchers from around the world declared that they will “boycott all contact” with a leading South Korean research university in protest at the opening of an AI weapons lab there.
“If developed, autonomous weapons will be the third revolution in warfare. They will permit war to be fought faster and at a scale greater than ever before. They have the potential to be weapons of terror… This Pandora’s box will be hard to close if it is opened,” the researchers from 30 countries, including Australia, Japan and the United States, as well as two regions warned in an open letter.
The researchers’ declaration to cut off ties with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology came as a UN panel of experts began talks to explore ways to address international security challenges posed by autonomous weapons in November.
