Podcasts about autonomous weapons systems

In this special extended episode of Humanities Matter, we take a closer look at Autonomous Weapons Systems and the legal frameworks surrounding their use. What exactly defines an autonomous weapon? Can an individual be held legally responsible for the consequences of deploying such a weapon? And can international law keep pace with the rapid rise of AI-driven weaponry?We answer all these questions and more in the first half of this episode with Dr. Barry de Vries, author of Individual Criminal Responsibility for Autonomous Weapons Systems in International Criminal Law, which is volume 65 in “International Human Law Series” published by De Gruyter Brill.  Liked this podcast? Have thoughts on the topic? Want us to address a specific theme in the future? Write to us at podcast@brill.com. Host: Ramzi NasirGuest: Dr. Barry de Vries

In the second half of this episode on Humanities Matter, we examine when countries might deploy autonomous weapons systems, whether these weapons could better follow international human rights law than humans if properly programmed, the feasibility of a global ban, and the challenges in regulating or limiting their production.All this and more with Dr. Barry de Vries, author of Individual Criminal Responsibility for Autonomous Weapons Systems in International Criminal Law, which is volume 65 in “International Human Law Series” published by De Gruyter Brill.  Liked this podcast? Have thoughts on the topic? Want us to address a specific theme in the future? Write to us at podcast@brill.com. Host: Ramzi NasirGuest: Dr. Barry de Vries

In this podcast, AI&F Advisor Rabbi Mois Navon draws on his 35-year career as a pioneering AI computer design engineer to discuss whether battlefield decisions by lethal autonomous weapons that seek to apply ostensible “moral algorithms” are consistent with principles of human dignity. Rabbi Mois draws on his essay Autonomous Weapons Systems and Battlefield Dignity - A Jewish Perspective in the July 2023 book Alexa, How Do You Feel about Religion?" Technology, Digitization and Artificial Intelligence in the Focus of AI, co-edited by our AI&F Advisor Anna Puzo. Our host Pablo Ruz Salmones also explores with Rabbi Mois his front row seat on AI research in Israel since the 1990s, and the AI ethics conversation there. Production: Ed Melick, Pablo A. Ruz Salmones and Penny Yuen Host: Pablo A. Ruz Salmones Editing: Isabelle Braconnot Music from #UppbeatLicense code: 1ZHLF7FMCNHU39

We speak with Father Afonso about the use of weapon systems in warfare. The discussion explores a thought experiment involving two states at war and the deployment of autonomous drones capable of targeting terrorists without human intervention. Key topics include the legality and morality of such systems, the potential for reducing civilian casualties, the challenge of machine errors leading to war crimes, and the shifting responsibility in decision-making from humans to machines. The conversation also addresses the technological advances in AI, the issues of accountability and transparency with autonomous systems, and the philosophical implications of removing human judgment from warfare. We examine potential future scenarios where autonomous weapons could be misused by non-state actors or influenced by automation bias, raising critical questions about the control, ethics, and implications of advanced AI in military and civilian contexts. [00:00] Introduction to the Episode and Guest Co-Host Jimmy Mullen [00:12] Exploring Autonomous Weapon Systems with Father Afonso [00:55] The Ethical and Legal Quandaries of Autonomous Weapons [03:01] The Evolution of Warfare and Technology's Role [06:15] The Human Element in Modern Warfare and AI [08:19] The Philosophical and Legal Challenges of Autonomous Weapons [21:08] Addressing Accountability and the Future of AI in Warfare [30:17] Defining AI and Its Legal Challenges [31:05] The Future of AI and Moral Agency [31:51] AI's Emotional Intelligence and Superintelligence [32:50] Military Strategy and AI: A New Conscience? [34:21] The Limitations of AI in Understanding Common Sense [36:13] The Human Element in AI Development [37:03] Autonomous Weapons Systems and the Essence of Humanity [39:11] AI on the Battlefield: Efficiency vs. Ethics [43:37] The Unpredictability of AI and Warfare [50:45] AI's Role Beyond the Battlefield [56:27] The Collective Mind and Autonomous Systems --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/braininavat/message

Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Tom Busby takes a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week. In the US – a look at next week's Fed meeting and a preview of Apple earnings. In the UK – a look at the Vienna Conference on Autonomous Weapons Systems. In Asia -  a preview of Samsung earnings. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Tom Busby takes a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week. In the US – a look at next week's Fed meeting and a preview of Apple earnings. In the UK – a look at the Vienna Conference on Autonomous Weapons Systems. In Asia -  a preview of Samsung earnings. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Tom Busby takes a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week. In the US – a look at next week's Fed meeting and a preview of Apple earnings. In the UK – a look at the Vienna Conference on Autonomous Weapons Systems. In Asia -  a preview of Samsung earnings. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio has urged regional leaders to forge common understanding and develop strategies to address the challenges posed by Autonomous Weapons Systems. What are autonomous weapons and what sort of threat do they pose to West African countries?Also how the remains of thousands of enslaved Africans on St Helena is reconnecting this island to the rest of the world.And the Nigerian artist causing outrage with his depictions of black people. What's behind his depiction and why is he doing it?Presenter: Audrey Brown Producers: Nyasha Michelle, Victor Sylver and Patricia Whitehorne Technical Producer: Jonny Hall Senior Producer: Karnie Sharp Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

In this episode, as part of our series on AWS, legal review & IHL, we speak with Netta Goussac & Laura Bruun about their recently released SIPRI report on IHL & AWS, asking questions about what IHL permits, prohibits & requires in the design, development & use of AWS. Netta Goussac is a Special Counsel with Lexbridge (a legal practice & consultancy specialising in public international law). She has worked as an international lawyer for over a decade, including for the ICRC & the Australian Government's Office of International Law. Netta has expertise in legal frameworks related to the development, acquisition & transfer of weapons. Netta has provided legal & policy advice related to new technologies of warfare, including AWS, military applications of AI & cyber & space security, including as a researcher with the SIPRI.Laura Bruun is a Researcher in the Governance of AI Programme at SIPRI. Her focus is on how emerging military technologies, notably AWS & military AI, affect compliance with—& interpretation of—IHL. Laura has a background in Middle Eastern Studies (University of Copenhagen) and International Security & Law (University of Southern Denmark). Laura worked at, among others, Airwars in London, where she monitored & assessed civilian casualty reports from US & Russian airstrikes in Syria & Iraq. Additional Resources: Netta & Laura's report, Compliance with International Humanitarian Law in the Development and Use of Autonomous Weapon Systems: What does IHL Permit, Prohibit and Require?  published by SIPRIThe SIPRI publication series on AWS, including the development of autonomy, human control & accountability & Article 36 ReviewsThe Asser Institute's podcast, Lethal Autonomous Weapons: 10 things we want to knowUNIDIR publications, including Gender Bias and the 'Black Box'.ICRC's Position on Autonomous Weapons Systems here; see also their factsheet & videoDustin Lewis, A Key Set of IHL Questions concerning AI-supported Decision-making, in 51 CollegiumJaan Kross, Professor Martens' Departure, 1995

Does increased precision and speed of decision-making outweigh having a human in the loop? How do we define success in war and defense?    Join Dr. Lewis and Professor Mary Ellen O'Connell, Notre Dame Law School, in this spirited discussion over autonomous weapons systems and the ethical implications of their use, international humanitarian law, and the rules of armed conflict.

Dr. Hans C. Mumm, recipient of one of the “Ten Outstanding Young American Award”, “American Patriot Ingenuity Award,” a senior Intelligence Officer/Cybersecurity professional with over 27 years of progressively challenging positions within the advanced (emerging and disruptive) technology fields and information technology arenas at National Intelligence (ODNI) the National Security Council (NSC), and the Central […] The post The Rise Of Autonomous Weapons Systems appeared first on Risk Group.

In this episode, I speak with Dr. John C. Williams about the ethics of automated weapons systems. We talk about the concept of meaningful human control, about the ethics of war, and what it means to engage in the politics of biopower in the age of lethal autonomous weapons. Dr. John C. Williams is a Professor in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University, in the UK. Among the many areas of his research, Dr. Williams is an expert on the ethics of war and challenges presented by changing patterns and technologies of violence and the issue of democratic authority over warfare. His work looks at key technologies including drones and emergent autonomous weapons systems, and considers the ethics of meaningful human control as AI increasingly becomes part of what it means to wage war. He is the author of Ethics, Diversity and World Politics: Saving Pluralism From Itself? (Oxford University Press), and The Ethics of Territorial Borders: Drawing Lines in the Shifting Sand. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, as well as multiple other articles on the ethics of technology at the intersection of war. This episode was produced by Matt Perry. Art by Desi Aleman.

On this episode Rebecca Crootof, a law professor at the University of Richmond, joins Gus to discuss Autonomous Weapons Systems and the analogies that they conjure in our minds - and why those analogies don't do much to help us govern the use of these weapons. Note, near the end of this episode there is a brief mention of violence towards animals during wartime.

On this episode Rebecca Crootof, a law professor at the University of Richmond, joins Gus to discus Autonomous Weapons Systems and the analogies that they conjure in our minds - and why those analogies don't do much to help us govern the use of these weapons. Note, near the end of this episode there is a brief mention of violence towards animals during wartime.

Jutta Weber wirft einen kritischen Blick auf zeitgenössische Paradigmen künstlicher Intelligenz und maschinellen Lernens und fragt nach deren Wirkmacht im Feld der datengestützten Kriegsführung. Shownotes Website von Jutta Weber: https://juttaweber.eu/ Jutta Weber auf der Seite der Universität Paderborn: https://kw.uni-paderborn.de/institut-fuer-medienwissenschaften/mediensoziologie/ Aufsatz "Human-Machine Learning und Digital Commons. K/Ein Manifest" von Jutta Weber in: "In digitaler Gesellschaft" von Kathrin Braun und Cordula Kropp (Hg.): https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-5453-0/in-digitaler-gesellschaft/ (Open Access) Aufsatz "Keep Adding. On kill lists, drone warfare and the politics of databases" von Jutta Weber: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0263775815623537 Aufsatz "Human Machine Autonomies" von Jutta Weber und Lucy Suchman in "Autonomous Weapons Systems": https://juttaweber.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Weber_Suchman_Human_machine_autonomies_pre_print-1.pdf (Volltext PDF) Weitere Materialien: Disposition Matrix (Wiki): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposition_Matrix Forschungsbericht zur Evaluationsstudie der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zu vorhersagebasierter Polizeiarbeit, insbesondere zur Software PRECOBS und dem Baden-Württembergischen Pilotprojekt: https://www.mpg.de/14268002/mpicc_jb_2019 Cory Doctorow, Autor von z.B. "Wie man einen Toaster überlistet": https://www.penguinrandomhouse.de/Buch/Wie-man-einen-Toaster-ueberlistet/Cory-Doctorow/Heyne/e553384.rhd Shakey, der mobile Roboter: https://www.sri.com/hoi/shakey-the-robot/ Rodney Brooks: https://rodneybrooks.com/ Weitere Future Histories Episoden zum Thema: Frederike Kaltheuner zu Datafizierung und A.I. Snake Oil: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e02-frederike-kaltheuner-zu-datafizierung-und-a.i-snake-oil/ Vincent August zu technologischem Regieren: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e04-vincent-august-zu-technologischem-regieren/ Benjamin Seibel zu politischer Kybernetik: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e01-interview-mit-benjamin-seibel-zu-politischer-kybernetik/ Felix Stalder zu Machtausübung durch Algorithmen: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e04-interview-mit-felix-stalder-zu-machtausuebung-durch-algorithmen/ Marlies Wirth & Paul Feigelfeld zu künstlicher Intelligenz: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e05-interview-mit-marlies-wirth-amp-paul-feigelfeld-zu-kuenstlicher-intelligenz/ Paul Feigelfeld zu alternativen Zukünften, Unvollständigkeit & dem Sein in der Technik: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e30-paul-feigelfeld-zu-alternativen-zukuenften-unvollstaendigkeit-amp-dem-sein-in-der-technik/ Florian Butollo zu Industrie 4.0, künstlicher Intelligenz & Produktivkraft in Zeiten der Digitalisierung: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e21-florian-butollo-zu-industrie-4.0-kuenstlicher-intelligenz-amp-produktivkraft-in-zeiten-der-digitalisierung/ Wenn euch Future Histories gefällt, dann erwägt doch bitte eine Unterstützung auf Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories? Schreibt mir unter office@futurehistories.today und diskutiert mit auf Twitter (#FutureHistories): https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcast oder auf Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/FutureHistories/ www.futurehistories.today   Episode Keywords #JuttaWeber, #FutureHistories, #Podcast, #Interview, #KünstlicheIntelligenz, #K.I., #KI, #MaschinellesLernen, #AI, #A.I., #ArtificialIntelligence, #BigData, #MachineLearning, #DispositionMatrix, #KillList, #Digitalisierung, #Daten, #Data, #Datafizierung, #DatenbasierteKriegsführung, #Algorithmen, #GenetischeAlgorithmen, #Kybernetik, #Technokratie, #Technorationalität, #Roboter, #Militär, #DasRegierenDerAlgorithmen, #AlgorithmischesRegieren, #HumanMachineLearning, #DigitalCommons

A conversation with Prof. Eric Talbot Jensen of Brigham Young University Law School - Jensen argues that the law of armed conflict does not require human judgment in making targeting decisions, and thus fully autonomous weapons are not per se unlawful, and that research and development of such weapons should not be prohibited. We explore whether ethical considerations should nonetheless affect decisions to develop machines programmed to kill humans.

This week on Big Brain Hour, the team delves into the topic of how the rapidly advancing field of technology will affect civilization in the years to come. Autonomous Weapons Systems, General AI, and Genome editing are among the main topics discussed. Back by popular demand, Big Brain Hour episode 3 will also include another versus segment which tackles the age old struggle between IHOP and Waffle House; Truly a battle of industry titans. This episode's special guest is genetics researcher Joey Sanchez who will bring his domain expertise to our discussion of science. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bigbrainhour/support

Are you looking forward to self-driving cars? Perhaps you love taking the curves of the road yourself, but more likely, you would relish a commute where you could read or catch up on the latest episode of “Mandalorian“.  But do you trust your self-driving car to get you to your destination safely?  What happens if […] The post Ep 75: From Self-Driving Cars to Autonomous Weapons Systems – Can We Trust AI? – with guest Dr. David Danks appeared first on SparkDialog.

From drone warfare to 'autonomous' weapons like the SGR-A1, technology has drastically altered the nature of modern conflict. In this episode, Dr Emily Jones joins Daragh Murray in a discussion about how posthuman and feminist theoretical approaches can be used to better understand the debate around autonomous weapons systems and other military technologies. Emily explains the different types of autonomous weapons systems and the role of humans in deploying these systems, as well as exploring the differences between human-in-the-loop, on-the-loop and out-of-the-loop technologies. Discussion also covers what the development of such technologies might mean for Global North/South power dynamics and the role they might play in states developing digital surveillance infrastructure. Dr Emily Jones is a feminist international legal theorist working from a critical posthuman perspective. Her current work focuses on military technologies, including autonomous weapons systems and human enhancement technologies; feminist and queer methodologies; gender and conflict; the granting of legal personality to the environment; and the interplay between property, work, technology and the law. Emily has held visiting positions at multiple institutions including at the University of Melbourne, Sciences Po Paris, SOAS University of London and Utrecht University. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

This week, Microsoft Research and University of Montreal show that machines can learn through interactive language by answering questions (question answering with interactive text, or QAit). The Allen Institute for AI’s Aristo system, a suite of eight solves, can pass (90%+) the New York 8th Grade regents science exams (for non-diagram, multiple choice questions), and can exceed 83% on the 12th grade exam, though Melanie Mitchell suggests the achievement may not be as profound as it seems. A “meta-research” paper from Milan and Klagenfurt takes a broader look at neural network research and highlights concerns of reproducibility (or lack thereof) as well as utility (or lack thereof, where simple heuristic methods can outperform the neural networks). From a workshop organized by Max Tegmark and Emilia Javorsky, a group of diverse authors produced a “possibility of a middle road” look at roadmapping a way ahead for Autonomous Weapons Systems. An opinion piece from Zachary Kallenborn on War on the Rocks look at What If the US Military Neglects AI? A paper in Nature provides an overview of open-ended evolution, as a part of artificial life. Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis publish a book on Rebooting AI: Building AI We Can Trust. The 57th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics occurred at the end of July, and Kate Koidan provides a summary of the top trends. The IEEE ranks robot creepiness with the top 100 creepy robots. Booz Allen releases a documentary on the Dawn of Generation AI. And the Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC EXWC) will host an industry day conference on cyber, control system, and machine learning in December.  Click here to visit our website and explore the links mentioned in the episode.   

Markus Wagner, a Published Author and Associate Professor of Law at the University of Wollongong based in Australia participates in Risk Roundup to discuss Autonomous Weapons System and Law. Can Law Regulate Autonomous Weapons System Effectively? As artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are rapidly entering the hi-tech warfare battleground in cyberspace, geospace and space […] The post Can Law Regulate Autonomous Weapons System? appeared first on Risk Group.

The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of aggression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity. This lecture, entitled 'International law and artificial intelligence', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Thursday 2nd November 2017 by Thomas Burri, Assistant Professor of International and European Law at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

AI Ethicist Heather Roff joins Heather Ross and Adam Doupé to talk about the future of artificial intelligence and autonomous weapons systems. Heather Roff is a Research Scientist at ASU's Global Security Initiative, and a Senior Research Fellow at Oxford, Cambridge, and New America. Future Out Loud's new website: https://futureoutloud.org . Show Notes • Follow Heather Roff on Twitter @Hmroff. • Global Security Initiative at ASU: https://globalsecurity.asu.edu • More about the WannaCry ransomware attack: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/15/528451534/wannacry-ransomware-what-we-know-monday • More about Software Patches and OS Updates: https://ist.mit.edu/security/patches • DeepMind Health: https://deepmind.com/applied/deepmind-health/

Dr Heather Roff discusses the role of autonomous weapons systems within the international community. She provides a theoretical framework for defining and classifying these systems, examining the diplomatic and moral concerns that they pose. For the past three years the international community convened a series of informal meetings of experts under the auspices of the United Nation's Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) to consider whether or not to preemptively ban lethal autonomous weapons systems under an additional protocol to the Convention. The debate has circled the same set of concerns: what exactly lethal autonomous weapon systems (AWS) are and whether it is incumbent upon states to ban them before they are developed. Without a definition states argue they cannot know what exactly it is they are supposed to ban. Yet after three years of expert testimony, there is no agreement on any meaningful definition. Diplomatic considerations are pressing, but Dr Heather Roff believes that the source of this confusion is due to an antecedent and more profound concern, one that is inherently tied to the question of defining what constitutes an AWS. In plain terms, it is a concern with the authorization to make war and the subsequent delegation of this authority. Until now, humans have been the sole agents authorized to make and to wage war, and questions of authorization and war have never been technologically dependent. Rather, they have been moral considerations and not empirical ones. She attempts to provide a theoretical framework for defining and classifying autonomous weapons systems. By so doing, she argues the moral quandary over autonomous weapons has its roots in concerns over the delegation of a (moral) faculty: the authority to wage war.

Dr Heather Roff discusses the role of autonomous weapons systems within the international community. She provides a theoretical framework for defining and classifying these systems, examining the diplomatic and moral concerns that they pose. For the past three years the international community convened a series of informal meetings of experts under the auspices of the United Nation’s Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) to consider whether or not to preemptively ban lethal autonomous weapons systems under an additional protocol to the Convention. The debate has circled the same set of concerns: what exactly lethal autonomous weapon systems (AWS) are and whether it is incumbent upon states to ban them before they are developed. Without a definition states argue they cannot know what exactly it is they are supposed to ban. Yet after three years of expert testimony, there is no agreement on any meaningful definition. Diplomatic considerations are pressing, but Dr Heather Roff believes that the source of this confusion is due to an antecedent and more profound concern, one that is inherently tied to the question of defining what constitutes an AWS. In plain terms, it is a concern with the authorization to make war and the subsequent delegation of this authority. Until now, humans have been the sole agents authorized to make and to wage war, and questions of authorization and war have never been technologically dependent. Rather, they have been moral considerations and not empirical ones. She attempts to provide a theoretical framework for defining and classifying autonomous weapons systems. By so doing, she argues the moral quandary over autonomous weapons has its roots in concerns over the delegation of a (moral) faculty: the authority to wage war.

Professor Christof Heyns, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, delivers a public lecture at the University of Cambridge on the challenges for the laws and ethics of armed conflict posed by the development of Autonomous Weapons Systems.