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KAIST said on Monday that artificial intelligence researchers who had signed a boycott of the activity had withdrawn their plans to sever ties with the university. The reason was that the institute had explicitly stated to the public that it would not develop weapons based on artificial intelligence.
Last week, more than 50 world-leading artificial intelligence and robotics experts from 30 countries announced their boycott of KAIST because the university opened what they claimed to be the 'Artificial Intelligence Weapons Laboratory' and the largest clustered ammunition manufacturing in South Korea. Hanwha system cooperation.
They claim that KAIST's National and Artificial Intelligence Integration Research Center will accelerate 'global competition, develop autonomous weapons', and that they can 'autonomously search and eliminate targets without human control'.
KAIST President Shin Sung-chul issued a statement reiterating that 'KAIST does not intend to participate in the development of deadly autonomous weapons systems and robotic killers', and the university is well aware of the ethical issues concerning the application of artificial intelligence technology.
The University also promised to “do not carry out any research activities related to human dignity, including the lack of autonomous weapons with meaningful human control”.
KAIST stated that with the cancellation of the boycott activities, these artificial intelligence researchers will 're-visit and preside over KAIST's research and collaborate on scientific projects'.