Autonomous Systems Governance
Colonel Raymond Alcott (ret.)
LeMay Publishing
WHITEPAPERS
Autonomous Systems Governance
by Colonel Raymond Alcott (ret.)
Defense7,796 words20 chapters
Published by LeMay Publishing. 7,796 words across 20 chapters.
About This Publication
Whitepaper on constitutional governance frameworks for autonomous military and defense systems.
Published by LeMay Publishing, a division of LeMay. Massachusetts.
ISBN: 979-8-0000-5103-0
Chapters
1AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS GOVERNANCE
2Constitutional Frameworks for the Command, Control, and Accountability of Autonomous Military and Defense Systems
3ABOUT THE AUTHOR
4DISCLAIMER
5TABLE OF CONTENTS
61. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
72. THE CONSTITUTIONAL IMPERATIVE
83. DEFINING THE AUTONOMOUS SPECTRUM: TAXONOMY AND TERMINOLOGY
94. THE CURRENT LEGAL ARCHITECTURE: AUTHORITIES, GAPS, AND CONTRADICTIONS
105. FIRST PRINCIPLES: A CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK FOR AUTONOMOUS DEFENSE SYSTEMS
116. THE CHAIN OF COMMAND IN THE AGE OF MACHINE COGNITION
127. ACCOUNTABILITY ARCHITECTURES: ASSIGNING RESPONSIBILITY WHEN THE MACHINE DECIDES
138. OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS: RULES OF ENGAGEMENT FOR NON-HUMAN ACTORS
149. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT AND THE WAR POWERS QUESTION
1510. ALLIED INTEROPERABILITY AND THE TREATY DIMENSION
1611. TECHNICAL GOVERNANCE: STANDARDS, TESTING, AND ASSURANCE REGIMES
1712. IMPLEMENTATION ROADMAP: FROM DOCTRINE TO STATUTE
1813. CONCLUSION: THE REPUBLIC AND THE MACHINE
19ENDNOTES
20BIBLIOGRAPHY