Only about three weeks ago, one of my friends from the University of Waterloo was attending the UVS(Unmanned Vehicles Systems) Canada Conference in Victoria, BC.

When he paid a visit to Vancouver and met up with me, I was surprised to hear from him that many people showed concerns for ethics of the technology during discussion sessions. United States has Dr. Ronald Arkin and others who are very active in the field, but I am not too aware of any ethicist/engineers specializing in ethics of military technologies (including UVS).

But the link below’s a presentation material from the UVS Canada conference called “Etihcal Issues in UVS” by Dr. Keith W. Miller (from the US). It gives a very brief overview of why and what are the ethical issues in UVS.

(Access Presentation Here)