The Responsibility Gap and LAWS: a Critical Mapping of the Debate

Abstract AI has numerous applications and in various fields, including the military domain. The increase degree of autonomy some decision-making systems leads to discussions on possible future use lethal autonomous weapons (LAWS). A central issue these is assignment moral responsibility for AI-based outcomes. Several authors claim that high capability such a so-called “responsibility gap.” In recent years, there been surge philosophical literature around concept gaps different solutions have devised close or bridge gaps. order move forward research LAWS problem responsibility, it important our understanding perspectives this debate. This paper attempts do so by disentangling arguments providing critical overview. After giving brief outline state technology LAWS, I will review debates over using three differentiators: those who believe existence versus not, hold constitute new argue they can be successful as opposed an unsolvable problem.