The Lavender precedent: automated kill lists and the limits of International Humanitarian Law

Israel’s AI-driven bombing of Gaza has produced unprecedented civilian death rates and raised grave accusations of genocide and war crimes.

The Golem protocol: AI, war, and the theologies of control

As governments integrate AI into weapon systems, the ancient myth of the golem warns us: machines that kill without conscience risk becoming instruments of unchecked power, not guardians of peace.

Kill codes and command lines: understanding the rise of algorithmic warfare

Here, AOAV examines how the rapid militarisation of AI is turning modern warfare into a domain increasingly severed from human oversight, regulation, and ethical constraint.

The rise of autonomous warfare: a conversation with Dr Paddy Walker on his book “War Without Oversight: Why We Need Humans on the Battlefield”.

Dr Paddy Walker, a leading expert on autonomous weapons, discusses the ethical, legal, and technical challenges of AI-driven warfare with Dr Iain Overton, exploring the urgent need for human oversight in modern conflict.