Killer Robots have been a fixture of science fiction for decades but now they are becoming a very real possibility.
The Canadian Campaign to Stop Killer Robots works for a ban on fully autonomous weapons (robotic weapons that can choose and fire on targets without any human intervention unlike drones that continue to have a human at the controls from a remote location). We believe that the creation of fully autonomous weapons is a line that should not be crossed. We are calling for a pre-emptive and comprehensive ban on the development, production, and use of fully autonomous weapons. The prohibition should be achieved through Canadian national law and an international treaty.
The Canadian Campaign to Stop Killer Robots has multiple moral, ethical, legal, technical and policy concerns with the prospect of fully autonomous weapons. It believes that humans should not delegate the responsibility of making lethal decisions in conflict to machines. The development of fully autonomous weapons and the associated risks to civilians are an affront to Canadian values of humanitarianism, personal responsibility, peace, order and good governance.
I find the idea of machines making life or death decisions in conflict abhorrent. I call on the Government of Canada to immediately prohibit the development and deployment of fully autonomous weapons (killer robots) in Canada and to support efforts to create a pre-emptive global ban on the technology.
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Phyllis Creighton
2022-06-15 11:59:53 -0400
Direct energy weapons or electromagnetic radiation pose a dangerous threat to civil society on the same scale as killer robots. Everyone should beware.
Phyllis Creighton signed
2022-06-14 14:57:00 -0400
A killer robot with no human control would be utterly immoral — unethical because the choice of target would not be made by a reasoning person with logic, understanding and values.
Kevin Hiebert signed
2019-12-07 16:21:13 -0500
I speak from a personal faith conviction as a Christian that this is a very important matter and I expect Canada to support & sign such a pre-emptive treaty.
Aiden G signed
2018-05-24 22:30:05 -0400
Frankie Yiu signed
2017-12-03 11:50:30 -0500
Sabrina Yiu signed
2017-12-03 08:24:03 -0500
This is a serious concern that our government should not be overlooked.
Jason Bailey signed
2017-11-21 10:16:48 -0500
As a medical doctor and a parent, I fear greatly the consequences such technology could have if it became a part of our world. Please let’s work together to keep life and death decisions in the hands of human beings, not machines. Thank you.
Mike Van der Loos signed
2016-10-22 11:44:36 -0400
Ann-Marie Cooke signed
2016-02-01 17:17:28 -0500
Charli Mayers signed
2016-01-18 14:32:49 -0500
Mildred Tishler signed
2016-01-18 14:30:58 -0500
Pablo Wigington signed
2016-01-18 14:30:40 -0500
Zoila Hansen signed
2016-01-18 14:30:15 -0500
Alphonso Rossi signed
2016-01-18 14:29:59 -0500
