![handle is hein.journals/ipclj9 and id is 1 raw text is: WHY OUTLAW LAWS?:
AN ARGUMENT FOR A PROBATIONARY PERIOD FOR LETHAL
AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS SYSTEMS UNDER MEANINGFUL
HUMAN CONTROL.
By: Katherine E. Vuyk, J.D. Candidate *
If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or
prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner. - Omar N.
Bradley]
I. INTRODUCTION
In 2020, a viral news story reported a distracted Al with a crush,
referring to an artificial intelligence (AI) camera system live-streaming a
soccer game that repeatedly confused a bald referee's head with the ball.2
In 2018, an Amazon computer program was built to review job
applicants' resumes with the aim of searching for top talent in turn taught
itself gender bias and consistently recommended male candidates over
female candidates.3 In late 2023, General Motors' Cruise autonomous
vehicle was recalled after the car's system inaccurately characterized a
collision, resulting in the vehicle dragging a pedestrian about twenty feet
down the road and pinning them beneath a tire.4 These eye-catching news
pieces labeled as Al fails can range from funny to problematic to
extremely dangerous. The future is here, but the technology that drives it
is fragile and new. For a technology that relies on patterns and
predictability to function, its nature is volatile and inherently
unpredictable.
This is why Al implementation into the military sphere is concerning
to so many. The development of lethal autonomous weapons systems
(LAWS), weapons that can select and engage targets without intervention
* Associate Member, 2023-2024, University of Cincinnati Intellectual Property and Computer
Law Journal. A special thanks to IV. and S.B. for their aid in completing this paper.
1. General Omar N. Bradley, Armistice Day Address (Nov. 10, 1958).
2. James Vincent, AI Camera Operator Repeatedly Confuses Bald Head for Soccer Ball During
Live Stream, THE VERGE (Nov. 3, 2020, 8:07 AM),
https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2020/11/3/21547392/ai-camera-operator-football-bald-head-soccer-
mistakes.
3. Jeffrey Dastin, Insight- Amazon Scraps Secret AI Recruiting Tool That Showed Bias Against
Women, REUTERs (Oct. 9, 2018, 11:43 PM), https://www.reuters.com/article/amazon-com-jobs-
automation/insight-amazon-scraps-secret-ai-recruiting-tool-that-showed-bias-against-women-
idINKCN1MKOAH?edition-redirect=in.
4. OFFICE OFMGMT. & BUDGET, NAT'L HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMIN., 23E-086, PART 573
SAFETY RECALL REPORT (2023).
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