[CrzyLngPwd]

I wonder what that means for war crimes responsibility.

Let's say a swarm of these things kills every civilian patient in a hospital or every child in a school. Who is responsible?

I'm surprised Israel wasn't the first to field such weapons.

[victorbjorklund]

Not any difference from sending a cruise missile into a hospital killing every patient or every child in a school. The people giving the order to press the button and the people pressing the button can be liable for war crimes (can be because killing civilians by accident isn’t necessarily a war crime or even having collateral civilian causalities).

[pesus]

Seems to me like every single person who enabled the process should be held partially responsible, with whoever gave the final approval holding the largest portion of that responsibility.

[krapp]

It doesn't mean anything new. The country or entity that deployed them is responsible for their behavior.

Whether any particular country or entity can be held responsible is another question.

[stephbook]

Imagine sanctions killing a million civilians due to insufficient medical care. Imagine firebombing Tokyo. Imagine dropping a nuclear bomb on a city full of civilians. Imagine genociding Palestinians. Imagine bombing a girl's school, killing hundreds.

Who's responsible, AI or a human? That misses the point that noone seems to be responsible at all, even in democracies.