Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS) can be defined as
weapons systems equipped with Artificial Intelligence (AI).
They are an emerging technology and there is still no
internationally agreed upon definition. In my opinion, the
definition in the report of the Advisory Council on
International Affairs (AIV & CAVV) captures the
description of Autonomous Weapons best from an
engineering and military standpoint, because it takes
predefined criteria into account and is linked to the military
targeting process as the weapon will only be deployed after
a human decision. Therefore, I will follow this definition
and define Autonomous Weapons as