?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Intelligent+Agents+in+Military%2C+Defense+and+Warfare%3A+Ethical+Issues+and+Concerns&rft.creator=Bhattacharyya%2C+Mr.+Sahon&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.subject=Ethics&rft.description=Due+to+tremendous+progress+in+digital+electronics+now+intelligent+and+autonomous+agents+are+gradually+being+adopted+into+the+fields+and+domains+of+the+military%2C+defense+and+warfare.+This+paper+tries+to+explore+some+of+the+inherent+ethical+issues%2C+threats+and+some+remedial+issues+about+the+impact+of+such+systems+on+human+civilization+and+existence+in+general.+This+paper+discusses+human+ethics+in+contrast+to+machine+ethics+and+the+problems+caused+by+non-sentient+agents.+A+systematic+study+is+made+on+paradoxes+regarding+the+long-term+advantages+of+such+agents+in+military+combat.+This+paper+proposes+an+international+standard+which+could+be+adopted+by+all+nations+to+bypass+the+adverse+effects+and+solve+ethical+issues+of+such+intelligent+agents.&rft.date=2011-04-05&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7284%2F1%2Fcsnt2011_sahonbhattacharyya.pdf&rft.identifier=++Bhattacharyya%2C+Mr.+Sahon++(2011)+Intelligent+Agents+in+Military%2C+Defense+and+Warfare%3A+Ethical+Issues+and+Concerns.++%5BConference+Paper%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7284%2F