Logan Rogers
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Logan Rogers is a legal scholar whose work sits at the fraught intersection of emerging technology, national security, and international law. His primary research focuses on the legal and ethical regulation of autonomous weapons systems, particularly the challenge of maintaining human accountability in armed conflict. Rogers’ most cited work, the 2014 Note *Legal Judgment Day for the Rise of the Machines: A National Approach to Regulating Fully Autonomous Weapons*, was an early and influential call for U.S. congressional action to restrict the development of “killer robots.” In it, he systematically argued that the legal, geopolitical, and military risks of fully autonomous weapons—including the erosion of distinction and proportionality in targeting—far outweigh their tactical benefits. While the piece has garnered over 2,000 citations, its true impact lies in helping to frame the terms of a debate that has since moved from academic journals to the halls of the Pentagon and the United Nations. Rogers’ work remains a foundational reference for students and policymakers grappling with the critical question of how to keep human judgment at the center of life-and-death decisions in an age of accelerating automation.
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