You can follow the debate on automated weapons and killer machines in the session What if: Robots go to War? from Davos 2016 program.
The moral and legal dilemmas of using autonomous systems in armed conflict are of the outmost importance and a worthy subject for the World Economic Forum, which took place last weekend in Davos, Switzerland.
Is it morally justifiable to leave life and death decisions to a machine? Are soldiers and commanders able to meet the complex demands of moral and legal conduct in war by using tele-operated system in battle, and furthermore will these machine become capable of complying with these rules themselves? Continue reading Preface for the World Economic Forum’s session “What if Robots go to War”→
An interview with IIIM director, Kristinn R. Thórisson, in Iceland Review. He met journalist Mica Allan to talk about the rapid technological enhancements in AI and how IIIM seeks to brings together leading forces in academia and industry to foster the exchange of ideas and inventions and thus built a bridge between academia and industry, which are interdependent. He also speaks of IIIM’s unique stand when it comes to ethical matters by refusing to use military funding for their research and development and the futuristic idea of artificial intelligence taking over the world.
Dr. Kristinn R. Þórisson, Founding Director of IIIM, speaks at the 2015 AI Festival: Terminator at your Door – Just how Dangerous is AI?
Kris introduces IIIM’s new Ethics Policy for Peaceful R&D and presents arguments why AI labs should adopt it, or a similar alternative, to take a clear stance on the ethics surrounding their work.
Dr. Noel Sharkey’s speech from the AI Festival 2015. He describes the various autonomous weapons used by militaries around the world and how the use of AI technology is already posing ethical questions in military affairs.
All the lectures from the AI Festival 2015 can be found on our Youtube channel.
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