Autonomous Weapons Systems - Death by Algorithm
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The Analytical Engine feat. Lise Bach Lystlund, Jonas Nygreen…
The Analytical Engine feat. Lise Bach Lystlund, Jonas Nygreen…
About this podcast
A series on autonomous weapons systems, decision support systems, and drones in the military domain. Experts from various disciplines share their research and discuss the black box, responsibility, human-machine interaction, and the future of legal and ethical frameworks for AI in war. How is war regulated? Can the ethics of war be programmed into machines? Does it change how we fight? How can soldiers understand the systems? Will AI systems be the commanders of tomorrow? Why not just let the robots fight? Episodes are narration and interviews and not chronological
Episodes
- The Analytical Engine feat. Lise Bach Lystlund, Jonas Nygreen, Lauritz Munch & Joshua Hatherley · 1 h 14 minSo, why are autonomous weapons systems such a big deal? Aren't they just weapons like the rest of them? Well, the black box problem with algorithmically controlled systems raises…
- Minotaur Warfare feat. Robert Sparrow · 55 minRobert Sparrow is a philosophical pioneer in the field of autonomous weapons. We discuss the current debate and the development since his famous articles "Killer Robots" and…
- The Frontier of Automated Killing feat. Elke Schwarz · 1 h 13 minIs AI just a tool? What is the difference between human cognition and systems logic? How do the automation and routinisation of war change how we fight and think of our enemy?…
- Teaching Hearts and Minds feat. Lasse Kronborg · 50 minWhy would a military use an autonomous weapons system? What do they bring to the battlefield in Ukraine? Is AI in the military a revolution? And what and why should we teach…
- Stop the Killer Robots feat. Charlotte Akin · 1 h 1 minWho thinks autonomous weapons systems are a good idea? Well, 250+ NGOs don't. Charlotte Akin, Projects & Logistics Officer from the coalition "Campaign to Stop Killer Robots,"…
- Social War-bots? feat. Johanna Seibt · 57 minWhat is a social robot, and are autonomous drones social agents? What should a robot do or not do, and how is that connected to autonomous weapons? Johanna Seibt, professor in…
- From Practice to (Auto)Norms feat. Ingvild Bode · 56 minPractices create norms, and words can shape reality. This applies to the debate on autonomous weapons and AI in the military domain. It is significant whether the technology…
- Just War feat. Iben Yde and Claus Borg Reinholdt · 57 minJust war means a justified war. But what justifies a war? Can letting machines kill be justified? How and where is war regulated? And how are the philosophical and legal…
- A Taste of Tragedy feat. Neil Renic · 1 h 4 minHow does technology change the way we fight or think about war? Are autonomous weapons systems the silver bullet that will "solve war" and make it nice and clean? What impact…
