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Comment by National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence

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World military powers both large and small are pursuing artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled and autonomous weapon systems. Such systems have the potential to help commanders make faster, better, and more relevant decisions. They will enable weapon systems to be capable of levels of performance, speed, and discrimination that exceed human capabilities. The increasing use of AI technologies in weapon systems has generated important questions regarding whether such systems are lawful, safe, and ethical. [...] The Commission does not support a global prohibition of AI-enabled and autonomous weapon systems.
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Ban autonomous lethal weapons
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Disputed The official NSCAI Chapter 4 page contains the first two paragraphs verbatim, and later on the same page it presents the no-prohibition statement as "Judgment 4." However, those passages are not one continuous block in the source: intervening text separates them. So the attribution and source are correct, but the submitted passage is a stitched composite without [...] marking the omission, which means it is not verbatim as presented. ([reports.nscai.gov](https://reports.nscai.gov/final-report/chapter-4)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Verified Verified through multiple secondary sources (AutoNorms, JURIST, Defense Post) which explicitly quote the NSCAI final report (March 2021) stating "The Commission does not support a global prohibition of AI-enabled and autonomous weapon systems." The source URL reports.nscai.gov/final-report/chapter-4 is the legitimate NSCAI final report. Vote "against" on "Ban autonomous lethal weapons" correctly aligns with the Commission's stated position. The NSCAI was a one-time congressionally-chartered commission that dissolved after its 2021 final report, so the year cannot be updated. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 2mo ago
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