Artificial intelligence weapons are one of the core issues in the current military competition among the world's major powers. International non-governmental organizations, represented by the International Committee of the Red Cross, have played an indispensable role in promoting the regulation of artificial intelligence weapons. The International Committee of the Red Cross uses its platform advantages and voice to urge countries to establish internationally recognized restriction standards on artificial intelligence weapons to ensure the protection of civilians, compliance with international humanitarian law, and moral acceptability. The main motivations for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to participate in the regulation of artificial intelligence weapons are: the duties and missions entrusted to it by international humanitarian law, the limited enthusiasm of sovereign states to promote the regulation of artificial intelligence weapons, and the challenges that lethal artificial intelligence weapons pose to international peace and security. China's consistent attitude towards artificial intelligence weapons is to advocate "intelligent for good". In the future, promoting the implementation of the issue of artificial intelligence weapon regulation will become an action proposition, and it is an inevitable trend for China to cooperate with international non-governmental organizations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Lin Yan, Jinyan Huang, Xiangxiang Shen. International Committee of the Red Cross's Positions, Motivations and Impacts on the Regulation of AI Weapons. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2024), Vol. 6, Issue 12: 27-35. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2024.061205.

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