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The transfer of responsibility for decisions and actions from humans to machines presents difficult problems for all those concerned with new concepts, their development and use. This book gives practical help by discussing the issues in the context of product design, and gives a methodology to solve them. The design cycle for autonomous systems is described, set in the context of human decision-making and the evolving ethical and legal environment. These are explained in separate chapters that will be invaluable to engineers and all the professions associated with autonomous systems. Systems engineering methods, used for weapon systems, are described. These are developed for both military and civil applications. A detailed worked example demonstrates the legal limits imposed on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS) by current international law.

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Author:   Tony Gillespie (Visiting Professor, University College London, UK)
Publisher:   Institution of Engineering and Technology
Imprint:   Institution of Engineering and Technology
ISBN:  

9781785613722

ISBN 10:   1785613723
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   11 June 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The art of the acceptable, not the art of the possible Chapter 2: Decision-making Chapter 3: Automated control and autonomy Chapter 4: Operational analysis to systems engineering Chapter 5: Engineering design process Chapter 6: Ethics, civil law and engineering Chapter 7: Introduction to military legal context and its relevance to engineering Chapter 8: Targeting Chapter 9: Influences on future military autonomous systems Chapter 10: Systems engineering applied to International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Chapter 11: Systems engineering for a new military system Chapter 12: Making military capabilities autonomous Chapter 13: Design of civilian autonomous systems using military methodologies Chapter 14: Final considerations for ethical autonomous systems Appendix 1: Red Cross Guide to Article 36 Reviews

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Tony Gillespie is a Visiting Professor at University College London and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. His career includes research, technical management in industry, and technical support on large UK government procurement programmes. He now acts as a technical advisor, including to the United Nations meetings discussing potential bans on lethal autonomous weapon systems.

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