The AI Military Race: Common Good Governance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Cover
Title
Copyright Page
Dedication
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Introduction: Artificial intelligence to benefit humanity
	The book\'s significance
	Civil and military AI
	From the militarization to the weaponization of AI
	Key definitions
	Transnational networked cooperation
	Common good governance for a shifting global order: A more inclusive and humanistic approach
	The global geopolitical context
	The precedents to autonomous killing
	A robot world
1 Transnational networked cooperation
PART I
	From autonomous weapons to the militarization of artificial intelligence
	The global investment in the militarization of AI and autonomous killing
		Autonomy and AI for war
		Maintaining human control
PART II
	Transnational networked cooperation
		The Scientists: Sounding the alarm first and alerting the world
		The principles of common good and safe AI
		The scientists\' letters: Meaning and impact
	The private sector
	Transnational advocacy for humanity: The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots
	The guardian of the laws of war: The position and significance of the International Committee of the Red Cross
	Member states of the United Nations
	2 Common good governance
PART I
	Humanity\'s security
	From national to human to humanity\'s security
	Getting security wrong and leaving people everywhere vulnerable
PART II
	Common good governance
		Start with what protects the planet: The global commons
		AI as a global common
		Cooperation to protect the life-sustaining domains: Global commons law
		Ensuring intergenerational equity
	Global cooperation that benefits humanity
		The protection of the oceans
		Cooperation in outer space
		Protection of the atmosphere and the ozone layer: Precautionary action
		Protection of Antarctica
		The Arctic: Comity for peace
		Prohibition on nuclear testing
	3 The dynamics of international diplomacy
		High-stakes diplomacy at the United Nations
		Instability and insecurity
		Global AI militarization
		Global governance action: Champions and detractors
		The United Nations and peace
			The AI for Good Global Movement
			The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
			Goal 16: AI and its role in the promotion of peace and security
			The United Nations AI for Good Global Summit series
		Steps to common good governance under international law
	4 Legal and political frameworks
		What is international law, and what is its role in forming common good governance?
		Is existing international law enough? How the weaponization of AI disrupts international law
		Relevant applicable branches of international law
			State responsibility
			Governing the resort to force: War made illegal
			International humanitarian law
				Will new IHL be needed?
				The legal position and unique role of the International Committee of the Red Cross
			International human rights protection
			International criminal acts
		Emerging or desirable international norms: The basis of common good governance
	5 War, humanity\'s security, and arms: Existing global norms
		Evolutions and revolutions in warfare technologies
		Foundational frameworks for arms limitations
		Weapons of mass destruction: Focus on nuclear weapons
			Nuclear deterrence is obsolete
			A humanitarian perspective
			The United Nations Charter as a foundational framework for arms limitations
			The case for prohibition
			Legalizing the nuclear taboo
		Prohibition of chemical weapons—the universal model framework
		Conventional arms: What can we learn from existing legal restrictions?
		How international norms evolve
		Humanity\'s security: Fewer arms, more prosperity
		Annex: Preventive measures in international relations
	6 A global framework to govern military AI: Transnational networked cooperation and common good governance
		Transnational networked cooperation and common good governance
		Pillars to create common good governance
			Pillar 1. An emerging international norm on the peaceful uses of AI
				AI as a global common
				A new treaty on autonomous weapons advances in military AI
			Pillar 2. Risk assessment based upon preventive precautionary action
			Pillar 3. Lessons learned from previous global cooperation
		Cases and lessons learned: (precepts for a military AI framework)
			Ocean law
			Ozone healing
			Arctic: cooperation despite all odds
			Antarctica: Zone of peace
			Outer space cooperation
			Prohibition of nuclear tests
		Lessons from previous prohibitions on means and methods of warfare
		The need for common good governance
Index