End the Popularity Contest: A Proposal for Second Amendment 'Type of Weapon' Analysis

Problems of Using Autonomous Military Ai Against the Background of Russia's Military Aggression Against Ukraine

“…Not only does the treatment of sea-going vessels differ from modes of transit made standard in the past century, such as aeroplanes and helicopters (Graham, 2012;Hodgkinson and Johnston, 2018;Kareng, 2020), but all nations will ultimately be forced to rule on the private ownership of AAIS-driven weapons. This reality is presented as such because claims of self-defence (Jacobs, 2015) or invasions of airspace (Froomkin and Colangelo, 2015) are likely to become more common as drones and AAIS-assisted weaponry gain in popularity and feasibility, while the nature of "common arms ownership" progresses with the times (Terzian, 2013). When further considering the legal ramifications that arise with human-machine augmentation and the ability of these individuals to become weaponised as soldiers or otherwise walking liability concerns due to potential system "glitches" (Bertolini, 2015;Billauer, 2021; Jaynes, 2021b-c), the "Morality Problem" of AAIS realistically distracts the academic and legal communities from more concerning realities specific to the formal recognition and deployment of fully autonomous AIS.…”