Comment by Maciej Zając

I argue that enacting a global ban would be both unnecessary and insufficient for avoiding or meaningfully limiting AWS proliferation to actors willing to use them as weapons of subjugation and terror. It would be unnecessary because banning high-end AWS designed for counter-platform use in civilian-sparse environments would do nothing to stop proliferation of primitive killer robots best suited for mass casualty attacks against civilians. [...] It would also be entirely insufficient – getting states generally willing to abide by the international law to support the ban would do little to stop tyrants and terrorists from acquiring simple killer robots. The latter would have to be prevented or limited by a number of vigorously pursued policies aimed specifically at malevolent actors.