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. 2022 Dec 6:5:1038507.
doi: 10.3389/fdata.2022.1038507. eCollection 2022.

Resolving responsibility gaps for lethal autonomous weapon systems

Patrick Taylor Smith  1
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Resolving responsibility gaps for lethal autonomous weapon systems

Patrick Taylor Smith. Front Big Data. .

Abstract

This paper offers a novel understanding of collective responsibility for AI outcomes that can help resolve the "problem of many hands" and "responsibility gaps" when it comes to AI failure, especially in the context of lethal autonomous weapon systems.

Keywords: ethics of artificial intelligence; ethics of technology; lethal autonomous weapon systems; military ethics; responsibility; responsibility gaps.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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