ＡＩ兵器規制、２６年までの達成困難　「リスク理解を」―中満国連次長

　国連の中満泉軍縮担当上級代表（事務次長）は１３日、人工知能（ＡＩ）を使い人間の判断を介さず目標を選定、攻撃する「自律型致死兵器システム（ＬＡＷＳ）」を法的に禁じる国際枠組みの２０２６年までの設立は「現実的にかなり厳しい」との考えを示した。オンラインで記者団の取材に応じた。グテレス事務総長は２６年までの整備を提唱している。
　中満氏は、一番の問題はＬＡＷＳ開発を進める軍事大国の後ろ向きな姿勢だと指摘。「政治的意思の醸成が不可欠だ」と強調し、ＬＡＷＳがもたらすリスクを全ての国が真剣に理解する必要があると訴えた。（2024/06/14-14:36）

U.N. disarmament head Izumi Nakamitsu has said that it would be difficult to establish by 2026 an international framework banning lethal autonomous weapons systems, or LAWS, which can attack targets without human involvement using artificial intelligence.
   The U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs admitted in an online press conference Thursday that creating international rules by 2026, as proposed by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, is "realistically quite difficult."
   Nakamitsu said that the reluctance of military superpowers developing LAWS to create rules has posed the biggest obstacle to the effort. She stressed that "it is necessary to foster political will" for the move and said that all countries should seriously consider the risks associated with LAWS.
   Discussions on LAWS rules began in 2014 under the framework of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, which restricts inhumane weapons. The United Nations is calling for the prohibition of LAWS and restrictions on partially autonomous AI weapons.
   Nakamitsu also expressed concern that growing military spending is putting strains on welfare-related national budgets around the world.