With Australia failing to acknowledge the humanitarian risks of weaponising AI, the Australian government seems unwilling to place any limits on devastating autonomous weapons.
Matilda Byrne
Matilda Byrne is a sessional academic at RMIT University’s School of Global Urban and Social Studies where she specialises in international relations, global security and multilateralism. She is the National Coordinator of the Australia Stop Killer Robots campaign, based at SafeGround, an Australian non-profit that seeks to reduce impacts of legacy and emerging weapons. She is also the Co-President of the Australian Peace and Security Forum. Find more at @matildabyrne.
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