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Autonomous lethal decisions
Coverage of Autonomous lethal decisions in the Nexus archive.
- The Limits of Human Oversight at Machine Speed
An opinion piece argues that human oversight in military decision-making creates a strategic disadvantage against adversaries operating at machine speed, particularly in cyber operations. The author contends that while humans should retain decision-making authority in most defense contexts, the speed differential between autonomous and human-controlled systems may force difficult choices about keeping humans in the loop.