#StopKillerRobots campaigners are on their was to Hofburg Vienna for day 2️⃣ of #HumanityAtTheCrossroads - the Austrian gov't meeting on #AutonomousWeapons in Vienna🇦🇹

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A great first day of meetings on #AutonomousWeapoms in Vienna 🇦🇹

We're looking forward to day 2️⃣ of 'Humanity At the Crossroads' 🙌🤖

What has Belgium ever given the world beyond excellent beer and frites with mayonaise?

Come Thursday, I hope to add a ban on killer robots to this list! #AI Stop Killer Robots

The issue of control is one of the main foundations. Law is premised on the idea of human beings making assessments, and exerting their moral and human judgement. For such control humans need to be able to be attentive to technology and context, says Richard Moyes

#HappeningNow in at Humanity at the Crossroads Austrian gov't conference on #AWS 🔥❌🤖

All eyes on Vienna, where representatives from 140 governments are meeting today & tomorrow to discuss what to do about the fundamental concerns raised by autonomous weapons systems bmeia.gv.at/fileadmin/user… #AWS2024 Human Rights Watch Stop Killer Robots Izumi Nakamitsu ODA ICRC

انييس كالامار Agnes Callamard رئيسة Amnesty International لمؤتمر 'الإنسانية في مفترق الطرق، أنظمة الأسلحة ذاتية التشغيل وتحدي تنظيمها' #HumanityAtTheCrossroads : لم يعد وقت الكلام، حان وقت العمل والذهاب إلى صك دولي ملزم حول تلك الأسلحة ( #الروبوتات_القاتلة )، الان وليس لاحقا.
Stop Killer Robots

Great news! Thursday Belgium will vote on a national ban on Killer robots. Once again Belgium can lead the way internationally.

Wouter De Vriendt Peter Buysrogge ✌ Hendrik Bogaert
Guillaume Defossé Hugues Bayet
André Flahaut Denis Ducarme Tim Vandenput
Kris Verduyckt Theo Francken

The world must listen!

👇Why we need new int'l law on #KillerRobots

👋Elina Noor just said 'we need to think about what builds autonomous weapon systems? what builds them is data. You cannot have AI without data! #HumanityAtTheCrossRoads , #AWS #AWS 2024, #StopKillerRobots ,Ayman Sorour

'if we act now we can make a difference' Isabelle Jones

'We do not have the time to wait.'

Powerful words from Agnes Callamard, Secretary-General of Amnesty International on the need for new international law to regulate #AutonomousWeapons .

#HumanityAtTheCrossroads #AWS2024 🇦🇹

“Just because we humans can develop these #AutonomousWeapons systems in general, it doesn’t mean we should...”

– @BeyzaUnal, UNODA Science and Technology Unit
ODA

#StopKillerRobots campaigner Lene Grimstad is live tweeting the current panel on #AWS - follow what's happening in the room at Humanity at the Crossroads in Vienna🇦🇹 ⤵️

#HappeningNow : a panel discussion on 'Emerging technologies, #AWS and the (future) shape of conflict'.

Speakers at this Humanity at the Crossroads panel include:
Agnes Callamard
Dr Beyza Unal
Jimena Viveros, LL.M.
Elina Noor
Franz-Stefan Gady

📺Watch live: bmeia.gv.at/en/european-fo…

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Panel: 'Empoderar la acción sobre armas autónomas: perspectivas transversales desde la sociedad civil'.
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🗣 During the lunch break, we, along with WILPF ,International Humanitarian Law&Youth initiative held a side event 'Empowered action on autonomous weapons: Cross-cutting perspectives from civil society'

#Belgium 🇧🇪 can make history on 2 May and prohibit #AutonomousWeapons .

Make this happen - call on MPs vote to #StopKillerRobots ! 🗳️
Faites-le!
Doen!

Wouter De Vriendt Guillaume Defossé Hugues Bayet André Flahaut Christophe Lacroix Denis Ducarme Hendrik Bogaert Tim Vandenput Kris Verduyckt

🧵 #thread from Australia Stop Killer Robots Campaign's @tbyrne providing an overview of the #HighLevel panel at Humanity at the Crossroads in Vienna.

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