Podcast appearances and mentions of arthur holland michel

Each year, the Human Rights Foundation brings together activists and dissidents at the Oslo Freedom Forum to call out injustice and expose threats to liberal democracy. This year, we are sharing our message of hope and resistance directly with you, in a special four-part series by the Human Rights Foundation, produced by FP Studios. Part Three: “AI for Activists" with Arthur Holland Michel

Derek interviewed journalist and researcher, Arthur Holland Michel, after the publication of Michel's 2019 book, Eyes in the Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All. When reading Naomi Klein's book, Doppelganger, Derek was struck by Klein's insight that the Right has picked up issues the Left has abandoned—such as surveillance technology. And he recalled this interview with Michel, who reports on some of the scariest surveillance tech in history. Sign up today at butcherbox.com/conspirituality and use code conspirituality to choose your free steak for a year and get $20 off. If you've never donated through GiveWell before, you can have your donation matched up to $100 before the end of the year or as long as matching funds last. To claim, go to GIVEWELL.ORG and pick PODCAST and enter Conspirituality at checkout. Show Notes The surveillance technology that will watch us all, all the time Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arthur Holland Michel is a Peruvian-born writer and researcher focused on artificial intelligence, advanced surveillance technologies, and drones. In this episode, recorded at the 2021 Oslo Freedom Forum, Michel reveals how little the average person knows about modern surveillance technologies and its power.

This episode, recorded at the 2023 South by Southwest (SXSW) conference, explores the struggle for human rights and democracy in the digital age. Increasingly sophisticated technology has provided new avenues for authoritarian regimes to target activists, stifle dissent, and encroach on civil liberties. Panelists discuss how regimes abuse technology and share insight into how the tech industry can unite to protect human rights globally. Featured Guests: Manal al-Sharif, Saudi women's rights activist & cyber security expert Scott Carpenter, policy director at Jigsaw Felicia Anthonio, campaign manager for Access Now's #KeepItOn campaign Arthur Holland Michel, author & surveillance expert

In recent weeks, the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings in North America have left many wondering whether US air defense systems are equipped to handle such threats. Ex-NORAD chief Scott Clancy and Carnegie Council's Arthur Holland Michel join Deep Dish to discuss how worried Americans should truly be.       Reading List:  The Chinese balloon is hardly alone in watching America from the sky, Arthur Holland Michel, Washington Post, February 3, 2023  If you're interested in learning more about defending American airspace against unidentified objects, tune into the Council's virtual event with US Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi. 

Arthur Holland Michel, Funder of the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College at Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs joined Kieran today to discuss the story of the Chinese spy balloons intercepted over Us territory.

In this Global Ethics Review podcast, Senior Fellow Arthur Holland Michel discusses facial recognition systems, loitering munitions, and drones in the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and analyzes their use on the battlefield and in the larger narrative of the conflict. As Russia's tactics become increasingly brutal while utilizing more traditional weapons, what effects are these technologies really having on the war? For more, please go to carnegiecouncil.org. 

While it may be technically possible to keep global heating to 1.5°C it's really not very likely - at all. So why are we clinging to it? The team asks, when do we admit that 1.5°C is dead, and what will it mean when we do?NASA is about to launch its CAPSTONE spacecraft into lunar orbit, paving the way for its lunar space station. As a precursor to the Artemis mission to put people back on the moon, CAPSTONE is basically a test run, and the team explains its goals.Rowan's been to see Top Gun: Maverick, and he's found a way of making it about science - or technology, at least. In the film we see many new applications of technology and artificial intelligence in warfare, so we chat with AI and drone expert Arthur Holland Michel to discuss the future of combat and what Top Gun 3 might look like in another thirty years.The team brings you an incredibly exotic life form of the week… chickens! It turns out that chickens were domesticated a lot more recently than we thought. Hear some of the humorous archaeological blunders that have led to this confusion.In recent months doctors around the world have been reporting mysterious cases of children suddenly developing liver failure. While we don't know what's happening, the team explores some possible explanations. On the pod are Rowan Hooper, Penny Sarchet, Michael Le Page and Adam Vaughan. To read about these stories and much more, subscribe at newscientist.com/podcasts.Events and discount codes:Free giveaway: newscientist.com/4weeksfree20% Discount: newscientist.com/pod20Blue Dot Festival: discoverthebluedot.comUnderstanding the AI revolution: newscientist.com/aievent See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, we talk about the risks and benefits of drones. Avishay Artsy reports on how a ban on Chinese-made drones could set back efforts to fight wildfires in the U.S. Then, an interview with Arthur Holland Michel, drone researcher and author of “Eyes In The Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All.”

We're talking about the present and future of drones. They could be useful for the military, for police forces and for deliveries. But the technology is still mostly in the experimental phase. For example, it's been nearly a decade since Amazon promised drones would soon start delivering packages to your doorstep in less than 30 minutes. But it's still not happening on a widespread scale. Today we're speaking with drone expert Arthur Holland Michel. He founded a program to study drones, does research with the United Nations and he advises government leaders in the United States and across Europe. Michel's talking about the benefits and downsides of drones.   This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp.com/newsworthy and Stamps.com (Listen for the discount code) Get ad-free episodes by becoming an insider: www.theNewsWorthy.com/insider           

Tonya Hall talks to Arthur Holland Michel, associate researcher at UNIDIR, about how the unpredictability of war will affect autonomous weapons systems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Information about the AI Event Series mentioned in this episode: https://twitter.com/CNA_org/status/1400808135544213505?s=20 To RSVP contact Larry Lewis at LewisL@cna.org. Andy and Dave discuss the latest in AI news, including a report on Libya from the UN Security Council's Panel of Experts, which notes the March 2020 use of the “fully autonomous” Kargu-2 to engage retreating forces; it's unclear whether any person died in the conflict, and many other important details are missing from the incident. The Biden Administration releases its FY22 DoD Budget, which increases the RDT&E request, including $874M in AI research. NIST proposes an evaluation model for user trust in AI and seeks feedback; the model includes definitions for terms such as reliability and explainability. EleutherAI has provided an open-source version of GPT-3, called GPT-Neo, which uses an 825GB data “Pile” to train, and comes in 1.3B and 2.7B parameter versions. CSET takes a hands-on look at how transformer models such as GPT-3 can aid disinformation, with their findings published in Truth, Lies, and Automation: How Language Models Could Change Disinformation. IBM introduces a project aimed to teach AI to code, with CodeNet, a large dataset containing 500 million lines of code across 55 legacy and active programming languages. In a separate effort, researchers at Berkeley, Chicago, and Cornell publish results on using transformer models as “code generators,” creating a benchmark (the Automated Programming Progress Standard)  to measure progress; they find that GPT-Neo could pass approximately 15% of introductory problems, with GPT-3's 175B parameter model performing much worse (presumably due to the inability to fine-tune the larger model). The CNA Russia Studies Program leases an extensive report on AI and Autonomy in Russia, capping off their biweekly newsletters on the topic. Arthur Holland Michel publishes Known Unknowns: Data Issues and Military Autonomous Systems, which clearly identifies the known issues in autonomous systems that cause problems. The short story of the week comes from Asimov in 1956, with “Someday.” And the Naval Institute Press publishes a collection of essays in AI at War: How big data, AI, and machine learning are changing naval warfare. Finally, Diana Gehlhaus from Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET),  joins Andy and Dave to preview an upcoming event, “Requirements for Leveraging AI.” Interview with Diana Gehlhaus: 33:32 Click here to visit our website and explore the links mentioned in the episode.  

Andy and Dave welcome Arthur Holland Michel to the podcast for a discussion on predictability and understandability in military AI. Arthur is an Associate Researcher at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, and author of the book Eyes in the Sky: the Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All. Arthur recently published The Black Box, Unlocked: Predictability and Understandability in Military AI, and the three discuss the inherent challenges of artificial intelligence and the challenges of creating definitions to enable meaningful global discussion on AI.  

What is the environmental impact of AI on our planet, and what colonial impulses does this technology enable? Episode Five zooms out and up with leading AI researcher Kate Crawford, technology writer Arthur Holland Michel, and photographer Richard Misrach to look at how cameras are used to divide, extract, survey, and surveil landscapes.

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UN researcher Arthur Holland Michel explains to Tonya Hall why AI-powered weapons need to be transparent and even predictable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andy and Dave welcome Arthur Holland Michel to the podcast for a discussion on predictability and understandability in military AI. Arthur is an Associate Researcher at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, and author of the book Eyes in the Sky: the Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All. Arthur recently published The Black Box, Unlocked: Predictability and Understandability in Military AI, and the three discuss the inherent challenges of artificial intelligence and the challenges of creating definitions to enable meaningful global discussion on AI. Click here to visit our website and explore the links mentioned in the episode. 

The last decade has witnessed a vibrant public discussion about how to safely, ethically, and legally integrate complex artificial intelligence (AI) into modern life, particularly in the sphere of security, says Senior Fellow Arthur Holland Michel. How do we learn to trust AI systems that we don't understand? What are the implications of this new technology as many nations confront a combination of mass protests and the pandemic?

The last decade has witnessed a vibrant public discussion about how to safely, ethically, and legally integrate complex artificial intelligence (AI) into modern life, particularly in the sphere of security, says Senior Fellow Arthur Holland Michel. How do we learn to trust AI systems that we don't understand? What are the implications of this new technology as many nations confront a combination of mass protests and the pandemic?

The last decade has witnessed a vibrant public discussion about how to safely, ethically, and legally integrate complex artificial intelligence (AI) into modern life, particularly in the sphere of security, says Senior Fellow Arthur Holland Michel. How do we learn to trust AI systems that we don't understand? What are the implications of this new technology as many nations confront a combination of mass protests and the pandemic?

Arthur Holland Michel (@writeauthor) is a writer and researcher focused on drones, surveillance, artificial intelligence, robots, the arts, immigration, and movies for topnotch publications like Wired, Vice, The Verge, Fast Company, Motherboard, Al Jazeera America, U.S. News and more. Arthur's the author of EYES IN THE SKY, about the rise of advanced aerial surveillance technology... The post Eyes in the Sky Surveillance, Drone Warfare and the Future of Freedom | Arthur Holland Michel appeared first on The Syndicate.

As U.S. states and European nations contemplate how to end the COVID-19 quarantine, Senior Fellow Arthur Holland Michel discusses all aspects of surveillance and ethics. From ongoing issues in Baltimore to technologies focused on location data to the future of privacy and government regulation in a post-pandemic world, Michel and host Alex Woodson look at the current "Cambrian explosion" in surveillance technology.

As U.S. states and European nations contemplate how to end the COVID-19 quarantine, Senior Fellow Arthur Holland Michel discusses all aspects of surveillance and ethics. From ongoing issues in Baltimore to technologies focused on location data to the future of privacy and government regulation in a post-pandemic world, Michel and host Alex Woodson look at the current "Cambrian explosion" in surveillance technology.

Drones are everywhere. Military drones buzz war zones dropping missiles; surveillance drones hover above neighborhoods, looking for anything out of place; even now, commercial drones hide in holiday wrapping, waiting for excited enthusiasts to fly them in a park.As the market for drones has grown, so too has the market for tools to take them down. There’s jamming rifles, spoofing software, and hundreds of other solutions for downing a drone. But what to buy the budding enthusiast?A new report from the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College could be of some help. The report is a list of 537 counter-drone systems. What works, what doesn’t, and what is just hype.Arthur Holland Michel is the author of the report, co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone, and also the author of the book Eyes in the Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It WIll Watch Us All.You can listen to War College on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or follow our RSS directly. Our website is warcollegepodcast.com. You can reach us on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/warcollegepodcast/; and on Twitter: @War_College. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tonya Hall sits down with Arthur Holland Michel, co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone at NY's Bard College, to learn more about what he considers to be the most controversial drone technology to date and different ways drones are being utilized. Follow ZDNet: Watch more ZDNet videos: http://zd.net/2Hzw9Zy Subscribe to ZDNet on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2HzQmyf Follow ZDNet on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZDNet Follow ZDNet on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZDNet Follow ZDNet on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ZDNet_CBSi Follow ZDNet on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zdnet-com/ Follow ZDNet on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/zdnet_cbsi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arthur Holland Michel, co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone at NY's Bard College, explains to Tonya Hall what the Gorgon Stare project is and its importance. Follow ZDNet: Watch more ZDNet videos: http://zd.net/2Hzw9Zy Subscribe to ZDNet on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2HzQmyf Follow ZDNet on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZDNet Follow ZDNet on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZDNet Follow ZDNet on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ZDNet_CBSi Follow ZDNet on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zdnet-com/ Follow ZDNet on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/zdnet_cbsi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the aerial surveillance above your head right now: Arthur Holland Michel talks about his book "Eyes in the Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All." Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Arthur Holland Michel" - "Your comments" Rockwell - "Somebody's Watching Me" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/88222

On the aerial surveillance above your head right now: Arthur Holland Michel talks about his book "Eyes in the Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All." Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Arthur Holland Michel" - "Your comments" Rockwell - "Somebody's Watching Me" http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/88222

Arthur Holland Michel is the founder and co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College and author of the new book, Eyes In the Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All.

Thank you for tuning in for another fun festive episode of Tin Foil Hat with Sam Tripoli. We dedicate this episode to the loving memory of David Kimowitz who was taken away from us this weekend. He was part owner of the Stand in NYC and a super kind soul. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, everyone at the stand and all of our brothers and sisters in NYC comedy scene. Comedy lost a great one. This episode we welcome author Arthur Holland Michel to discuss his book "Eyes In The Sky" and what the affect of the Gorgon Stare and Drones will have on business, war and our privacy. Thank you so much for all of your support.Please check out Center For the Study Of The Drone.https://dronecenter.bard.eduand purchase his book at...https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/Eyes-in-the-Sky/9780544972001My album is available for sale on iTunes. So go buy Sam Tripoli Live At the Viper Room.Watch my two specials for free at Samtripoli.comPlease check out....Patreon:Patreon.com/TinFoilHatTshirts:TinFoilHattshirts.comCameo.comhttps://www.cameo.com/samtripoliThank you to our sponsors:Absolute Xtracts: Please go to ABX.org and use the promo code "Chaos" for 20% off of all you CBD, Flower and Vap purchases!Blue Chew; Right now, we’ve got a special deal for our listeners: Visit BlueChew.com and get your first shipment FREE when use our special promo code HAT -- Just pay $5 shipping. Again, that’s B - L - U - E - CHEW dot com, promo code HAT to try it FREE.Manscaped: Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code TINFOILHAT at Manscaped.com. That’s 20% off with free shipping atmanscaped.com, and use code TINFOILHATAbsoluteXracts: Check out our sponsors at ABX.org! They are the Nike of weed and have everything you might need to get lit as f@ck!BETDSI: Go to BETDSI.com and use the promocode HAT100 and they will double your deposit.We have big shows coming please check them dates out:indianapolis Aug 9th: Helium St. Louis August 10th: Helium Bakersfield: Aug 17th Brooklyn BBQWashington DC: Sept 7th DC ImprovSept 13th: Cobbs in San Fransisco

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Arthur Holland Michel (@writeauthor) is a writer and researcher focused on drones, surveillance, artificial intelligence, robots, the arts, immigration, and movies for topnotch publications like Wired, Vice, The Verge, Fast Company, Motherboard, Al Jazeera America, U.S. News and more. Arthur's the author of EYES IN THE SKY, about the rise of advanced aerial surveillance technology and is the founder and co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone, a research institute at Bard College in New York State.To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/121-eyes-in-the-sky-surveillance-drone-warfare-and-the-future-of-freedom-arthur-holland-michel/

From Venture Café -- Bill Patterson of Express Scripts explains the value of community engagement. Joe Beggs of 'Hive' invented a medical device to keep people out of the hospital. Arthur Holland Michel wrote 'Eyes in the Sky' and was in the room for secret aerial surveillance to fight crime in Baltimore. LaunchCode executive director Jeff Mazur on new classes starting.

Jason Howell speaks with journalist, researcher, and co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College Arthur Holland Michel about his new book "Eyes in the Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All." They dive into how the film "Enemy of the State" influenced the Pentagon to develop a high-tech aerial surveillance system for monitoring America's enemies overseas, how the Wide Angle Motion Imagery tech is now being used to watch US citizens, and more. Buy "Eyes in the Sky": https://amzn.to/2Y4g3jd Host: Jason Howell Guest: Arthur Holland Michel Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.

Arthur Holland Michel (@writeauthor) is a writer and researcher focused on drones, surveillance, artificial intelligence, robots, the arts, immigration, and movies for topnotch publications like Wired, Vice, The Verge, Fast Company, Motherboard, Al Jazeera America, U.S. News and more. Arthur's the author of EYES IN THE SKY, about the rise of advanced aerial surveillance technology and is the founder and co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone, a research institute at Bard College in New York State.You can listen right here on iTunesIn today's episode we discuss:* Where we are at with the cutting edge of drones* The pros and cons of drone development* How militaries are deploying drones and unmanned aircraft today* Why lethal autonomous weapons are so dangerous but not just around the corner* Which aspects of surveillance and privacy Arthur is most worried about and why* The power of the press to keep governments honest* What to think about consumer drone delivery and Amazon* Which under-discussed industries will actually be most impacted by drones* Why China's expertise on facial recognition and surveillance is so troubling* The formula for a perfect dictatorship* Is Minority Report inevitable* Where do our personal freedoms and privacy lie* How someone shut down one of the world's busiest airports with a little kid's toy* What Arthur thinks about social media surveillanceMake a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support The DisruptorsThe Disruptors is supported by the generosity of its readers and listeners. If you find our work valuable, please consider supporting us on Patreon, via Paypal or with DonorBox powered by Stripe.Donate  

Jason Howell speaks with journalist, researcher, and co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College Arthur Holland Michel about his new book "Eyes in the Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All." They dive into how the film "Enemy of the State" influenced the Pentagon to develop a high-tech aerial surveillance system for monitoring America's enemies overseas, how the Wide Angle Motion Imagery tech is now being used to watch US citizens, and more. Buy "Eyes in the Sky": https://amzn.to/2Y4g3jd Host: Jason Howell Guest: Arthur Holland Michel Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.

Jason Howell speaks with journalist, researcher, and co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College Arthur Holland Michel about his new book "Eyes in the Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All." They dive into how the film "Enemy of the State" influenced the Pentagon to develop a high-tech aerial surveillance system for monitoring America's enemies overseas, how the Wide Angle Motion Imagery tech is now being used to watch US citizens, and more. Buy "Eyes in the Sky": https://amzn.to/2Y4g3jd Host: Jason Howell Guest: Arthur Holland Michel Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.

Jason Howell speaks with journalist, researcher, and co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College Arthur Holland Michel about his new book "Eyes in the Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All." They dive into how the film "Enemy of the State" influenced the Pentagon to develop a high-tech aerial surveillance system for monitoring America's enemies overseas, how the Wide Angle Motion Imagery tech is now being used to watch US citizens, and more. Buy "Eyes in the Sky": https://amzn.to/2Y4g3jd Host: Jason Howell Guest: Arthur Holland Michel Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.

The ancient Greeks believed that the mythical Gorgon could turn those who stared at it to stone. The Pentagon’s surveillance technology named after this creature, Gorgon Stare, has used its aerial near-panopticon surveillance capabilities to turn Salafist insurgents into targets. But should such a powerful, virtually all-seeing aerial spying system be allowed to operate over American communities? Arthur Holland Michel, Deputy Director of the Center for the Study of the Drone, tackles this question in his new book, Eyes in the Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All. Join us on June 25 at 1:00 p.m. as an expert panel talks with Michel about his book and about Gorgon Stare’s implications for the constitutional rights of Americans. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Eyes in the Sky" provides an authoritative account of how the Pentagon developed Gorgon Stare, a god-like surveillance system that is already patrolling American skies. When fused with big-data analysis techniques, this network can be used to watch everything simultaneously, and perhaps even predict attacks before they happen. Does Gorgon Stare have the potential to become the most nightmarishly powerful surveillance system every built?

The ancient Greeks believed that the mythical Gorgon could turn those who stared at it to stone. The Pentagon’s surveillance technology named after this creature, Gorgon Stare, has used its aerial near-panopticon surveillance capabilities to turn Salafist insurgents into targets. But should such a powerful, virtually all-seeing aerial spying system be allowed to operate over American communities? Arthur Holland Michel, Deputy Director of the Center for the Study of the Drone, tackles this question in his new book, Eyes in the Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All. Join us on June 25 at 1:00 p.m. as an expert panel talks with Michel about his book and about Gorgon Stare’s implications for the constitutional rights of Americans.

"Eyes in the Sky" provides an authoritative account of how the Pentagon developed Gorgon Stare, a god-like surveillance system that is already patrolling American skies. When fused with big-data analysis techniques, this network can be used to watch everything simultaneously, and perhaps even predict attacks before they happen. Does Gorgon Stare have the potential to become the most nightmarishly powerful surveillance system every built?

George Noory and researcher Arthur Holland Michel explore new satellite surveillance technology developed by the Pentagon that can monitor entire cities at one time, how it can be abused, and if it is being used to violate our rights right now. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

When drones first emerged as a potent weapon at the end of the George W. Bush presidency and into Barack Obama's, their use seemed opaque and calls for transparency were everywhere. But now, two years into Donald Trump's tenure as president, drones of all shapes and sizes are used all over the globe for a range of purposes. To try and understand the uses and abuses of drones, and if there's anything that can be done to respond to them, Al Bawaba spoke with Arthur Holland Michel, co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College in New York.

This week on the program: • How to rethink America’s force distribution across the Middle East. Can it be done smarter? Can it be done cheaper? Mara Karlin of the Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies and Melissa Dalton of the Center for Strategic and International Studies sat down (1:49) with Defense One’s Bradley Peniston to answer those questions and more. • Then we’ll turn to one of the newest weapons of war — consumer drones packed with explosives. We’ll speak to Arthur Holland Michel (29:11) of the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College, and (35:04) Brett Velicovich of Expert Drones to learn about the gear that’s emerged to stop these things, how hard it is, and how market dynamics are creating an arms race to both reduce and enable the dangers of consumer drones.

We've all heard about weaponized flying drones run by pilots thousands of miles away. But how about autonomous weaponized drones that fly, travel over land and in the sea? Weapons that act on their own once released to seek out and destroy. A reality on Earth today and I talk to an expert by the name of Arthur Holland Michel to find out more about them.