Topic: Autonomous Weapon Systems
Country: Greece
Delegate Name: Alison Albrecht
School: Roeper School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Greece position papers GLIMUN 2015 committees
The use of autonomous weapon systems raises great concerns regarding this new, emerging, form of combat. Even if these drones are fully developed, reliable, and precise as technology progresses, Greece feels that there are still problems with the use of these weapon systems.
Giving a machine the power to decide between life or death is a major ethical concern for Greece, strongly believing that this duty and responsibility should only be in the hands of humans. Greece is also worried in the machine’s capability to distinguish between a civilian and a target, killing innocent human lives. This is too large of a task for any autonomous weapon, and therefore must be investigated if these systems are implemented.
There is also an issue regarding the lack of policies set in place for the actions of the drones. Since autonomous weaponry is an imminent technology, strong regulations have yet to be solidified. This poses as a risk for messy legal issues and conflicts surrounding the actions of the drones that Greece does not want to get involved in. As of now, autonomous weaponry need to be monitored and regulated much more before Greece can feel confident in these machines.
Autonomous weapon systems display far too many risks to be a positive force during combat. Greece believes that the human brain can never be dominated by that of a machine, therefore implementing this technology is a risk Greece is not willing to take.
