robert frost is an expert on international humanitarian law at the european university of the adreno new focus on autonomous weapon systems he joins us in our studio good morning to you let's talk about these autonomous weapons systems he's a very controversial what do you think of them what are the biggest ethical issues here i think the biggest ethical issue is can we as a society live with the fact that a machine has taken a decision to kill a fellow human being it's not either i anymore it is a machine against a human and that's a problem what are the consequences of that oh there are many consequences the ethical perspective as you've just mentioned the legal perspective a political perspective from a legal standpoint there are many questions raised by those devices so give us an idea of what this would look like what sectors could they be used in. there is a wide array of sectors in which they could be used and now we're talking about military aspects of the military implications of it and they could be used in a defensive fashion which is easier on and off and some manner whic

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bush astutely quoting american poet robert frost. good words can make it goes all over the world see the war between me and my second hols and we're all very good friends. but palestinians and israelis have never been good labors and the wall is a physical reminder of the antipathy on both sides. and even the very name of this divide is a contentious issue israel's official name for the wall is separation barrier. it is a while two others it is a fence. only three percent of the barrier is wall ninety seven percent these fans everybody wants to show in television the wall but you have to remember that this well is it is against should think it's only in places where people live very close to the fence and they can shoot through then you had to put it there was ninety seven percent is just transparent fence. but though a fence may have less visual impact it takes up more ground it's true that the majority of the structure is not like this the majority of the structure is electronic fans but only one component there is patrol roads tha

and we have robert frost with us in an expert on international humanitarian law at the european university the adreno and we should say robert you're also focusing on the thomas weapons systems how problematic those weapons are very emotional and they raise several questions from a legal and from an ethical perspective. for example from a legal perspective they raise very fundamental questions very abstract questions in addition to very specific questions that regard specific circumstances of a specific case and one of the ethical problems the ethical problem is basically can we as a society live with a machine taken a decision to kill a fellow human being that's basically it can we do you think the system should be banned from a legal perspective i would say the last probably sufficient from an ethical standpoint i have not made up my mind yet i have to admit because those weapons are very mysterious to they do not exist yet and whether or not they can really be an artificial intelligence a form of a different artificial intelligence that takes that decision is something that i cannot ass