Military AI & Autonomous Weapons Standard of Care
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Military AI: The Ultimate Accountability Challenge # Lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS), weapons that can select and engage targets without human intervention, represent the most consequential liability frontier in artificial intelligence. Unlike AI errors in hiring or healthcare that cause individual harm, autonomous weapons failures can kill civilians, trigger international incidents, and constitute war crimes. The legal frameworks governing who bears responsibility when AI-enabled weapons cause unlawful harm remain dangerously underdeveloped.