Stop Killer Robots

Stop Killer Robots Campaign is a movement that opposes the creation, adoption, and widespread acceptance of autonomous, Artificial Intelligence-driven weapons, drones, and other military gear. I got to know about this organization at the Human rights conference at the European Youth council since the Hungarian activist group was holding speeches and presentations at the event. When I first heard about the topic introduced, I started to question how this regards human rights since it was about a new technology with artificial intelligence. I got interested and decided to listen to the presentation by the group. About 35 minutes later, when they finished their speech, I was shocked about what I had heard.
Since automation and technological sciences do not necessarily belong to my fields of interest, I would not have thought about what threats they could pose to society. The replacement of human presence with robots in wars is atrocious since humans have emotions, sentient skills, and, most importantly, dignity, which they use when determining whether one will take a human life. Robots do not have these characteristics programmed into them, meaning they can slaughter in wars or anywhere without feeling a bit of regret, moral responsibilities, or guilt. Would one trust a robot with their life? The answer is probably no, for the reasons mentioned above. Another legal question in this scenario is who is to be prosecuted for murder if there is no sign of human misconduct or the perpetrator can not be identified. These are only a few of automatization's severe societal and humanity-destructing effects. After the impressive presentation, I talked to the activist group and successfully became an activist myself. Stopping dehumanization is a goal worth fighting for, and together with the Hungarian group, I will try my best to achieve it.