CFR researchers propose a 5-type taxonomy for autonomous weapons
mchorowitz · x · 2026-10-17
Michael Horowitz and Lauren Kahn propose classifying every weapon into one of 5 types: three basic types (unguided, semi-autonomous, autonomous), with semi-autonomous and autonomous systems further split into supervised or unsupervised.
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