Three Lawmakers File Bill Locking Human Approval Into AI Kill Decisions
The Human Authority over Autonomous Weapons Act forces commanders to verify AI targets with non-AI sources for five years, sparing missile defense.
- Reps. Tom Barrett (R-MI), Don Beyer (D-VA) and Sara Jacobs (D-CA) filed the bill July 18.
- Commanders must verify AI-picked targets against non-AI sources for five years after passage.
- The bill exempts missile defense and mainly codifies existing Pentagon policy into law.
Why it matters: Codifying a policy already in place restrains nothing new; it only makes the practice harder to reverse.