20/2023 L'EUROPE UNIE/UNITED EUROPE, PARIS, EU Law and Politics at the Crossroads: Navigating the Complexities of AI, Digitalization, Data Protection, Security, and Radicalization, coord.: dr. Mihaela Daciana Natea, dr. Simion Costea, Paris Cluj Napoca Star, 2023, 152 pages, ISBN 978-606-062-762-3, L'EUROPE UNIE, SPECIAL VOLUME, 20/2023, Print ISSN:2780-8173, On line ISSN: 2743-4052 Linking ISSN (ISSN-L): 2743-4052 EAN: 99782749700519, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.33225.52329 The Main Legal And Ethical Challenges Posed By Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS)(The Main Legal And Ethical Challenges Posed By Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS)) Author(s): Mattia Morresi Language: English Subject(s): EU-Legislation Issue: 20/20/2023 Page Range: 12-19 No. of Pages: 8 Keywords: EU; USA; UN; accountability; autonomous weapon systems; ethics; legal aspects of AI; Summary/Abstract: Current technological developments are paving the way to new and unknown circumstances in which artificial intelligence will carry out functions until now performed by human beings. These evolutions are affecting almost every aspect of our daily lives and that also includes the military domain. The ongoing trend of ‘dehumanization’ of warfare, intended as a shift in the degree of involvement of real people in the decision-making process leading to the adoption of critical decisions such as life and death, poses vital questions from a legal as well as an ethical perspective. The aim of this paper is therefore that of highlighting the main challenges posed by the potential deployment of Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems while attempting to further draw the attention of the public opinion on the topic and possibly suggest solutions to the actual deadlock.