: Discuss the "moral offloading" that occurs when machines select targets. If a robot commits a war crime, is the programmer or the commander responsible?.
: Analyze how robot wars might lower the threshold for conflict by making war seem "costless" to political leaders. Bot Wars
Because "Bot Wars" refers to several different concepts, here are three essay outlines based on the most common interpretations: a futuristic military ethics analysis, a reflection on robot combat as a sport, or a literary analysis of the Bot Wars novel series. : Discuss the "moral offloading" that occurs when
Option 2: Robot Combat and the Evolution of STEM (Cultural/Technical) Bot Wars
: Argue for an international regulatory regime that maintains "meaningful human control" over life-and-death decisions.