Russia is ready to support the Declaration on the importance of maintaining human control of Autonomous weapons systems, which France and Germany offered to take in the UN. This was stated by the newspaper “Kommersant”.
Thus according to the Russian foreign Ministry, Russia is “categorically against” the introduction of legally binding restrictions in this area. It is argued that a full-fledged artificial intelligence at the moment exists.
At the same time, supporters of a total ban “killer robots” note that the speed of development of technology is now such that diplomats may not be able to prevent a catastrophe.
The initiative has to be discussed in Geneva in late August, representatives from more than 80 countries and international organizations.