"Autonomous weapons already exist, capable of defining, assessing and targeting their own perceived threats and thus in a position to start their own war... "
"No theory for this encroaching world yet exists, and consultative efforts on this subject have yet to evolve – perhaps because meaningful negotiations might disclose new discoveries, and that disclosure itself constitutes a risk for the future"
After having read one of his books, I think I understand where he's coming from: he believes the ends justify the means (like EA folk?) and so there are very few war crimes that are so heinous that avoiding another WWI (of which WWII was arguably just a continuation) would not justify their commission.
"Autonomous weapons already exist, capable of defining, assessing and targeting their own perceived threats and thus in a position to start their own war... "
"No theory for this encroaching world yet exists, and consultative efforts on this subject have yet to evolve – perhaps because meaningful negotiations might disclose new discoveries, and that disclosure itself constitutes a risk for the future"