Legislative Bill · Avalon
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Autonomous Defence Systems Regulation of 2020

Proposed by Goats · fronted by Elizabeth Whitfield
Failing
in the Parliament
Opened
15 Aug 2020
Voting closes
14 Oct 2020
Chambers
1 legislature
Articles
1 change

Rationale

This change balances security needs with ethical concerns, allowing defensive AI while preventing unchecked lethal autonomy that risks civilian harm. This ensures autonomous vehicles won’t be used for aggression, but to ensure the safety of our nation.

Proposed Changes

1

Autonomous Weapons Systems
Previous law
Ban autonomous weapons outright
Autonomous systems for defence only

Timeline

  • Draft
    15 August 2020


  • Vote Open
    15 August 2020


  • Vote Closed
    14 October 2020


  • Did Not Become Law
    14 October 2020

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Parliament

Failed
29Yes 31No 40Not voted 100 seats

For: 29 / 100 seats (29.0%)

Against: 31 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 40

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 48.3%)
Party Seats Vote
Centrist Zone 29 Yes
Democratic Group 20 No
Goats Proposer 0 Yes
Left Alliance 0 No
Right Liberal Front 0 No
The Gaia Syndicate 11 No

Voting record

Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.

No

“We can’t support potentially leaving the fate of human lives up to robots, so we remain opposed to autonomous weapon systems”

The Gaia Syndicate
Voted Aug. 21, 2020
No

“this is telling the world we think we need more protection”

Right Liberal Front
Voted Aug. 16, 2020
No

“We oppose this because it could backfire with all that technology.”

Centrist Zone
Voted Aug. 16, 2020
Yes

“We support this measure to bolster our arms production capacity”

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