Legal, ethical, and technical dilemmas in military artificial intelligence / Bérénice Boutin, Taylor Kate Woodcock, Sadjad Soltanzadeh, editors

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boutin, Bérénice, editor.

Woodcock, Taylor Kate, editor.

Soltanzadeh, Sadjad, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artificial intelligence--Military applications--Law and legislation.

Artificial intelligence.

Artificial intelligence--Military applications--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 336 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

The Hague : T.M.C. Asser Press, [2026]

Summary:

"This book explores the multifaceted implications of military AI across a broad spectrum of applications, including autonomous weapon systems, decision-support technologies, and AI-augmented human capabilities. Building on the work of the DILEMA project on Designing International Law and Ethics into Military Artificial Intelligence, this book critically examines how AI reshapes core concepts such as agency, responsibility, and control. It identifies the need for innovative governance mechanisms, ethically-informed technical design, robust frameworks for legal compliance and accountability, and clearly articulated normative limitations to the use of AI. By bridging disciplines such as international law, philosophy of technology, science and technology studies, cognitive and behavioural science, international relations, systems engineering, and computer science, this volume offers an essential contribution to understanding how AI is reconfiguring the principles and practices of modern warfare. Designed for scholars, policymakers, military professionals, and technologists, this book provides cutting-edge insights into the promises and perils of military AI and proposes pathways for responsible integration of these transformative technologies. Bérénice Boutin is affiliated to the T.M.C. Asser Instituut in the Hague, The Netherlands and the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Taylor Kate Woodcock is affiliated to the T.M.C. Asser Instituut in the Hague, The Netherlands and the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Sadjad Soltanzadeh is affiliated to the Philosophy Department of the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands"-- Springer Nature Link

Contents:

The DILEMA project : Bridging disciplines to address military AI challenges / Bérénice Boutin, Taylor Kate Woodcock, and Sadjad Soltanzadeh

Normative reasoning and military AI : DILEMA’s dilemmas / Sadjad Soltanzadeh

Rhetoric and regulation : The (limits of) human/AI comparison in legal debates on military AI / Klaudia Klonowska and Taylor Kate Woodcock

The use of autonomous cyber capabilities in armed conflict : Legal appraisal from a targeting law perspective / Marta Stroppa

ChatGPT for the military? Large language models in the military domain and the role of Article 36 weapons reviews / Elisabeth Hoffberger-Pippan

The AI-augmented super soldier : An interface-based approach to the cognition of enhanced humans / Thomas Christian Bächle

Artificial decision-making on life-or-death : Moral-psychological implications for combatants with increasing autonomy in weapon systems / Tine Molendijk, Sofie van der Maarel, and Lonneke Peperkamp

Context-driven analysis for AI-enhanced solutions : Extracting requirements for system development and operational use / Iris Cohen, Gregor Pavlin, and Rianne Gouman

Iterative assessment for military artificial intelligence (AI) systems / Jonathan Kwik

The computational representation of rules of international humanitarian law in military autonomous devices : Issues, problems, and controversies / Tomasz Zurek and Tom van Engers

What’s at the core? The quintessential role of responsibility in international governance of military artificial intelligence / Sofia Romansky and Tim Sweijs

‘This is my last resort’ : Approaches to overcome the stalemate in autonomous weapons regulation through national legislation and industry self-regulation / Marcel Schliebs and Vanessa Vohs

Between negligence and malfunction : How to address responsibility for AI failures / Bérénice Boutin

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Springer Nature Link, viewed April 28, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Legal, ethical, and technical dilemmas in military artificial intelligence

ISBN:

9789462657595

9462657599

OCLC:

1586636231

Access Restriction:

Some versions: Open access versions available from some providers open access