The argument is that drones can be jammed if they use wireless controls, and when piloted by fiber optics have limited range /can still sometimes have the fiber cut. Autonomous drones are the answer to the countermeasures being used in Ukraine/Russia right now.

So there's an excuse but it's still horrifying

I think they should just be summarily executed like their victims

The demonstrations, license, and funding come before any official NATO procurement order or actual combat deployment. Concerns about lethal autonomous weapons are being addressed by a UN expert group. Its recent report concluded that human judgment and control are required to comply with the laws of war; its recommendations will be reviewed in Geneva in November

You should probably go to Geneva in November

At the time, they were dependent on solar power. It was believed they would be unable to survive without an energy source as abundant as the sun.

Ukraine already admitted to using indiscriminate killer drones in battle, which is a war crime, but no-one seems to care much.

Unfortunately, like the Ottawa Treaty on Landmines, countries at war are going to ditch their commitments to restrict inhumane weapons use at the first opportunity.

It's going to be hard to make that argument when those for it can just say: "this helps to reduce the use of combatants, so it saves lives."

But there are efforts https://autonomousweapons.org/global-legal-framework-milestones/

The demonstrations, license, and funding come before any official NATO procurement order or actual combat deployment. Concerns about lethal autonomous weapons are being addressed by a UN expert group. Its recent report concluded that human judgment and control are required to comply with the laws of war; its recommendations will be reviewed in Geneva in November

Looks like they're going to look into this in November

100% chance of hallucinations and/or false negative

They don't care. Just another tally to add to their spreadsheet under the column titled "collateral". The Americans realized they could greatly reduce that total number with a very convenient assumption: any male of a certain age was probably in service to the taliban so they're a legitimate target.

Drones, lasers, magnets, nets, buckshot

Preferably controlled by ai to make it autonomous

terrorists

You mean like Israel and the US? yeah, they already have them.

EDIT: typo

The demonstrations, license, and funding come before any official NATO procurement order or actual combat deployment. Concerns about lethal autonomous weapons are being addressed by a UN expert group. Its recent report concluded that human judgment and control are required to comply with the laws of war; its recommendations will be reviewed in Geneva in November

Go to Geneva