Legal, Ethical, and Technical Dilemmas in Military Artificial Intelligence, Gebunden

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This open access book explores the multifaceted implications of military AI across a broad spectrum of applications, including autonomous weapon systems, decision-support technologies, and AI-augmented human capabilities. Through an interdisciplinary lens, the contributors investigate the evolving dynamics of human-machine interactions, the challenges of ensuring accountability and compliance with international law, and the broader sociopolitical ramifications of AI in armed conflict.

Building on the work of the DILEMA project on Designing International Law and Ethics into Military Artificial Intelligence, this book critically examines how AI reshapes core concepts such as agency, responsibility, and control. It explores the phenomenon of 'decision at the edge', where algorithmic systems operate in time-sensitive, high-stake environments, and the boundary between human judgement and machine-driven decisions becomes increasingly blurred. In response, the volume identifies the need for innovative governance mechanisms, ethically-informed technical design, robust frameworks for legal compliance and accountability, and clearly articulated normative limitations to the use of AI.

By bridging disciplines such as international law, philosophy of technology, science and technology studies, cognitive and behavioural science, international relations, systems engineering, and computer science, this volume offers an essential contribution to understanding how AI is reconfiguring the principles and practices of modern warfare. Designed for scholars, policymakers, military professionals, and technologists, this book provides cutting-edge insights into the promises and perils of military AI and proposes pathways for responsible integration of these transformative technologies.

Bérénice Boutinis affiliated to the T. M.C. Asser Instituut in the Hague, The Netherlands and the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Taylor Kate Woodcock is affiliated to the T. M.C. Asser Instituut in the Hague, The Netherlands and the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Sadjad Soltanzadeh is affiliated to the Philosophy Department of the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.