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Lethal Autonomous Weapons: 10 things we want to know

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Lethal Autonomous Weapons: 10 things we want to know is a podcast series produced as part of the LAWS and War Crimes research project, based at the International Law department of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The podcast is hosted by the members of the research team: Paola Gaeta (the project lead), Marta Bo, Abhimanyu George Jain, and Alessandra Spadaro. Over the course of ten episodes, they will interview experts in various disciplines (science, law, ethics, etc.) who have studied and written about lethal autonomous weapon systems or LAWS. This podcast offers a multidisciplinary introduction concerning the challenges and problems raised by LAWS (or LAWS 1.0) to all those who have an academic interest in this topic.

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Episodes

Episode 10 - Will Military Swarms Be the Next Weapon of Mass Destruction?

December 08, 2021 07:02 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MB

Paola Gaeta and Marta Bo interview Dr. Giacomo Persi Paoli, Programme Lead for Security and Technology Programme at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). In this episode he talks about the next generation of lethal autonomous weapons systems – robot swarms –  and their technical and operational features.  Giacomo Persi Paoli is the author of Swarm Robotics: Technical and Operational Overview of the Next Generation of Autonomous Systems (with Merel Ekelhof) (UNIDIR ...

Episode 9 - How Will Lethal Autonomous Weapons Change the Future of Armed Conflict?

November 24, 2021 06:00 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MB

Paola Gaeta and Abhimanyu George Jain interview Dr. Kenneth Payne, Reader in International Relations at King’s College London, where he conducts research in political psychology. In this episode, he talks about how lethal autonomous weapons systems will affect military strategy and change the nature of armed conflict.  Kenneth Payne is the author of I, Warbot: The Dawn of Artificially Intelligent Conflict (Hurst, 2021), Strategy, Evolution, and War: From Apes to Artificial Intelligence (Geo...

Episode 8 - Can humans exercise meaningful control over lethal autonomous weapons?

November 10, 2021 06:00 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MB

Paola Gaeta and Marta Bo interview Dr. Ingvild Bode, Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern Denmark, where she leads an ERC research project on autonomous weapons systems and international norms (AUTONORMS). In this episode, she talks about what meaningful human control means and how lessons learned from existing automated systems can guide our understanding of meaningful human control in relation to lethal autonomous weapons.  Ingvild Bode is the autho...

Episode 7 - How could an international treaty regulate autonomous weapons?

October 27, 2021 05:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MB

Paola Gaeta and Alessandra Spadaro interview Richard Moyes, Managing Director of Article 36, a non-profit organization focused on reducing harm from weapons and actively working, among other things, for the adoption of new legal standards on emerging technologies. In this episode, he talks about the prospects for the adoption of a new treaty regulating autonomous weapons.  Richard Moyes authored several short papers for Article 36, including Regulating autonomy in weapons systems (with Eliz...

Episode 6 - Who is responsible for lethal autonomous weapons?

October 13, 2021 05:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MB

Paola Gaeta and Marta Bo interview Dustin Lewis, Research Director of the Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict, where he leads research on contemporary challenges concerning armed conflict, including algorithmic warfare. In this episode, he tackles the issue of who bears responsibility for the violations of the laws of warfare committed when lethal autonomous weapons are used in the targeting process.  Dustin Lewis is the author of ‘Preconditions for Applying I...

Episode 5 - Can lethal autonomous weapons used by police respect human rights?

September 29, 2021 05:00 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MB

Paola Gaeta and Alessandra Spadaro interview Dr. Andrea Spagnolo, Assistant Professor at the University of Turin and a member of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law. His research spans several areas of international law, including international human rights law and new technologies. In this episode, he discusses the use of autonomous weapons in domestic law enforcement scenarios and their compatibility with human rights law.  Andrea Spagnolo is the author of ‘What Do Human Right...

Episode 4 - Are lethal autonomous weapons ethical?

September 15, 2021 05:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MB

Paola Gaeta and Marta Bo interview Dr. Ozlem Ulgen, Reader in International Law and Ethics at the Birmingham City School of Law. Ozlem Ulgen is an expert on moral and legal philosophy in relation to the regulation of artificial intelligence and robotics. In this episode, she talks about the ethical challenges posed by the use of autonomous weapons in warfare, particularly in relation to the concept of human dignity.  Ozlem Ulgen is the author of The Law and Ethics of Autonomous Weapons: A C...

Episode 3 - Are lethal autonomous weapons compatible with the law of war?

September 01, 2021 05:00 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MB

Paola Gaeta and Alessandra Spadaro interview Professor Marco Sassòli, Professor of International Law at the University of Geneva. Marco Sassòli is a renowned expert on international humanitarian law. In this episode, he discusses the rules of international humanitarian law that constrain the development of autonomous weapons and their use on the battlefield.  Marco Sassòli is the author of International Humanitarian Law: Rules, Controversies, and Solutions to Problems Arising in Warfare (El...

Episode 2 - What does autonomy mean in the context of lethal autonomous weapons?

August 18, 2021 05:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MB

Paola Gaeta and Abhimanyu George Jain interview Dr. Tim McFarland, Research Fellow at the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland. Tim McFarland’s research focuses on legal challenges connected with the defence and security applications of science and technology. In this episode, he explains what the concept of autonomy means in the context of weapon systems.  Tim McFarland is the author of Autonomous Weapon Systems and the Law of Armed Conflict: Compatibility With International H...

Episode 1 - What are lethal autonomous weapons?

August 04, 2021 05:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MB

Paola Gaeta and Abhimanyu George Jain interview Maaike Verbruggen, Doctoral Researcher at the Institute for European Studies. Maaike Verbruggen is an expert on military innovation, emerging military technologies and artificial intelligence. In this introductory episode, she explains what lethal autonomous weapons are, what kind of autonomous weapons already exist, and what kind might be developed in the future, as well as how they are currently regulated. Maaike Verbruggen is the author of ...

Episode 0 - Who are we? Hosted by Asymmetrical Haircuts

July 20, 2021 23:00 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MB

The Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems & War Crimes project team appear on a special episode of Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg’s podcast Asymmetrical Haircuts, to discuss and introduce our new podcast – Lethal Autonomous Weapons: 10 Things We Want to Know.