This book investigates the urgent necessity for a global framework to govern the military application of artificial intelligence through the lens of human security and international cooperation. Denise Garcia, a scholar in international security, utilizes her decade-long experience as a participant-observer in high-level diplomatic negotiations to critique current trends in autonomous weapons development. She proposes three humanist concepts—Common Good Governance, Transnational Networked Cooperation, and Humanity's Security—as a foundational strategy for establishing international treaties and limiting the proliferation of lethal autonomous systems.

Experts in international relations and security studies identify this work as a significant contribution to the discourse on emerging military technologies. Readers frequently note the author's unique position as both an academic and a diplomatic participant, which provides a practical, grounded perspective on the complexities of international treaty-making.