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An interview from last year below - a conversation with Priya Kunan from 3CR on autonomous weapons and the Australian context - off the back of my piece for @declassifiedaus.bsky.social on Australia's resistance to global progress towards essential and urgent new international law.
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It is imperative Australia shows commitment to urgently needed action on autonomous weapons this #UNGA80
As states discuss #AutonomousWeapons at #UNGA80 amid growing global instability and the widening gap between #AI development and regulation, they must remember that this issue is too important for inaction.
📺 Follow the meeting live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k19...
📺 Follow the meeting live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k19...
October 16, 2025 at 6:18 AM
It is imperative Australia shows commitment to urgently needed action on autonomous weapons this #UNGA80
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Talks are kicking off at #UNGeneva in the #CCWUN It is time Australia supports a legally binding instrument to address #AutonomousWeapons Specific prohibitions and regulations are urgently needed to #StopKillerRobots
Night Owls can watch live 📺:
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
Night Owls can watch live 📺:
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
We’ll be in the room next week as diplomatic discussions on #AutonomousWeapons begin at #UNGeneva. States will be discussing the Chair’s rolling text – which could form the basis of a treaty. They must maintain the integrity of the text and move toward negotiations. Time is running out. #CCWUN
September 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Talks are kicking off at #UNGeneva in the #CCWUN It is time Australia supports a legally binding instrument to address #AutonomousWeapons Specific prohibitions and regulations are urgently needed to #StopKillerRobots
Night Owls can watch live 📺:
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
Night Owls can watch live 📺:
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
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Motivated by a recent TedTalk by a "defence product" company CEO, who pitches the company & its AI weapons as really being "about fostering peace", I've written a short blog post about why it is dangerous, if not naive, that these marketing narratives increasingly seem to inform gov't policy.
“#AutonomousWeapons can neither promote peace nor safeguard democracy, regardless of the marketing slogans. What they can do is enact large scale accelerated systematic violence.”
Read the #New article by @elkeschwarz.bsky.social
stopkillerrobots.medium.com/dont-believe...
Read the #New article by @elkeschwarz.bsky.social
stopkillerrobots.medium.com/dont-believe...
June 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Motivated by a recent TedTalk by a "defence product" company CEO, who pitches the company & its AI weapons as really being "about fostering peace", I've written a short blog post about why it is dangerous, if not naive, that these marketing narratives increasingly seem to inform gov't policy.
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While numerous challenges remain, #landmine use has dramatically dropped over the past 25 years thanks to the Mine Ban Treaty. With their intention to leave the treaty, #Estonia, #Latvia, #Lithuania, #Poland, and #Finland are undermining 25 years of humanitarian progress.
#ProtectMineBan
#ProtectMineBan
April 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
While numerous challenges remain, #landmine use has dramatically dropped over the past 25 years thanks to the Mine Ban Treaty. With their intention to leave the treaty, #Estonia, #Latvia, #Lithuania, #Poland, and #Finland are undermining 25 years of humanitarian progress.
#ProtectMineBan
#ProtectMineBan
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Wise words from Matthew Breay Bolton on #Finland, #Poland, #Estonia, #Latvia and #Lithuania and #landmines:
inkstickmedia.com/withdrawing-...
inkstickmedia.com/withdrawing-...
Withdrawing from Mine Ban Treaty Would Be a Self-Inflicted Strategic Defeat for European Security
Withdrawing from Mine Ban Treaty Would Be a Self-Inflicted Strategic Defeat for European Security
inkstickmedia.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Wise words from Matthew Breay Bolton on #Finland, #Poland, #Estonia, #Latvia and #Lithuania and #landmines:
inkstickmedia.com/withdrawing-...
inkstickmedia.com/withdrawing-...
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**New Blog Post** Read our snapshot of the complex web of research ties between Defence and #Univerisities - many anchored on projects about autonomous systems #RnD. Universities must ensure they do their part to #stopkillerrobots
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May 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
**New Blog Post** Read our snapshot of the complex web of research ties between Defence and #Univerisities - many anchored on projects about autonomous systems #RnD. Universities must ensure they do their part to #stopkillerrobots
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Some analysis of the #autonomousweapons consultations from this week at the #UN in New York. This message ⏬⏬ is one we hope the new Australian parliament engages with, and the government will act upon, by supporting new international law negotiated in an inclusive forum to protect humanity.
“this issue concerns the future of multilateralism, of international law, and of our shared humanity…autonomy in weapons will not be confined to the battlefield - it will affect law enforcement, border control & other domains of public life” #KillerRobots
www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/dynamic...
www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/dynamic...
May 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Some analysis of the #autonomousweapons consultations from this week at the #UN in New York. This message ⏬⏬ is one we hope the new Australian parliament engages with, and the government will act upon, by supporting new international law negotiated in an inclusive forum to protect humanity.
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Killer Robots are a #HumanRights issue.
Earlier this month, at a series of #StopKillerRobots regional briefings in New York, @hrw.org'S Bonnie Docherty outlined the four key ways that #AutonomousWeapons contravene human rights ahead of the first #UNGA meeting on Human Rights on 12 and 13 May.
Earlier this month, at a series of #StopKillerRobots regional briefings in New York, @hrw.org'S Bonnie Docherty outlined the four key ways that #AutonomousWeapons contravene human rights ahead of the first #UNGA meeting on Human Rights on 12 and 13 May.
April 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Killer Robots are a #HumanRights issue.
Earlier this month, at a series of #StopKillerRobots regional briefings in New York, @hrw.org'S Bonnie Docherty outlined the four key ways that #AutonomousWeapons contravene human rights ahead of the first #UNGA meeting on Human Rights on 12 and 13 May.
Earlier this month, at a series of #StopKillerRobots regional briefings in New York, @hrw.org'S Bonnie Docherty outlined the four key ways that #AutonomousWeapons contravene human rights ahead of the first #UNGA meeting on Human Rights on 12 and 13 May.
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🧵 #Thread on the resumption of hostilities in #Gaza:
We are gravely concerned by the breaking of the ceasefire in Gaza and the resumption of attacks. We support calls for an immediate and enduring ceasefire.
Read our full statement: www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/resumpt...
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We are gravely concerned by the breaking of the ceasefire in Gaza and the resumption of attacks. We support calls for an immediate and enduring ceasefire.
Read our full statement: www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/resumpt...
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March 31, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🧵 #Thread on the resumption of hostilities in #Gaza:
We are gravely concerned by the breaking of the ceasefire in Gaza and the resumption of attacks. We support calls for an immediate and enduring ceasefire.
Read our full statement: www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/resumpt...
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We are gravely concerned by the breaking of the ceasefire in Gaza and the resumption of attacks. We support calls for an immediate and enduring ceasefire.
Read our full statement: www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/resumpt...
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The United Kingdom has launched a parliamentary inquiry into the AUKUS partnership, with its scope to include the "impact of geopolitical shifts" on the deal since it was signed.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
Britain launches AUKUS parliamentary inquiry amid 'geopolitical shifts'
The United Kingdom launches a parliamentary inquiry into the AUKUS partnership, with its scope to include the "impact of geopolitical shifts" on the deal since it was signed.
www.abc.net.au
April 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The United Kingdom has launched a parliamentary inquiry into the AUKUS partnership, with its scope to include the "impact of geopolitical shifts" on the deal since it was signed.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
An interview from last year below - a conversation with Priya Kunan from 3CR on autonomous weapons and the Australian context - off the back of my piece for @declassifiedaus.bsky.social on Australia's resistance to global progress towards essential and urgent new international law.
April 4, 2025 at 4:33 AM
An interview from last year below - a conversation with Priya Kunan from 3CR on autonomous weapons and the Australian context - off the back of my piece for @declassifiedaus.bsky.social on Australia's resistance to global progress towards essential and urgent new international law.