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Özlem DEMIREL, Mick WALLACE, Manu PINEDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that current and future defence-related activities within the Union framework will draw on AI, on robotics and autonomy, and on related technologies and that the Union must assume leading role in research and development of AI systems in defence field; believes that the use of AI-enabled applications in defence offer number of direct benefits such as higher quality collected data, greater situational awareness, increased speed for decision- making, as well as greater reliability of military equipment; recalls that AI systems are also becoming key elements in countering emerging security threats;deleted

2020/05/11
Committee: AFET

Özlem DEMIREL, Mick WALLACE, Manu PINEDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Is concerned that the research & development of disruptive military technologies and autonomous weapons play a more and more dominant role in the Unions security policy; is convinced that even partially autonomous systems still force the opponent to further automate its own systems and will lead to a further uncontrollable arms race, which inevitably leads to the introduction of killer robots at the end;

2020/05/11
Committee: AFET

Özlem DEMIREL, Mick WALLACE, Manu PINEDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls for a total ban on all autonomous weapons systems, regardless of the degree of automation, enshrined in international law, for example in the UN Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) or in a newly drafted convention banning these weapons; further calls for an end to all research into the gradual automation of weapons systems;

2020/05/11
Committee: AFET

Özlem DEMIREL, Mick WALLACE, Manu PINEDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Recalls that the European Parliament already called twice (2014 1a and 20181b) for a ban on (lethal) autonomous weapons; _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/get Doc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P7- TA-2014-0172+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN 1b https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-8-2018-0341_EN.html

2020/05/11
Committee: AFET

Özlem DEMIREL, Mick WALLACE, Manu PINEDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses the need to overcome the current fragmentation within the Union as regards national AI-related law, research, innovation and expertise in the area of AI, which puts in jeopardy the internal market and the objective to ensure trustworthy and secure development of AI in Europe; in this respect welcomes the inclusion of AI- related projects under the European Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP); believes that the future European Defence Fund (EDF) and the Permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) also offer well adapted frameworks for future AI-related projects that would help to better streamline Union efforts in this field;deleted

2020/05/11
Committee: AFET

Özlem DEMIREL, Mick WALLACE, Manu PINEDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Rejects the efforts within European Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) and the envisioned Defence Fund (EDF) to promote research & development of autonomous weapons and disruptive military technologies; calls for an end to EU research in this field; demands the immediate termination of all calls with military AI implications like the call EDIDP-AI-2020 (Defence technologies supported by artificial intelligence);

2020/05/11
Committee: AFET

6 Amendments of Özlem DEMIREL related to 2020/2012(INL)

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