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Right now, militaries around the globe are investing heavily in the use of AI weapons and drones. From Ukraine to Gaza, weapons systems with increasing levels of autonomy are being used to kill people and destroy infrastructure and the development of fully autonomous weapons shows little signs of slowing down. What does this mean for the future of warfare? What safeguards can we put up around these systems? And is this runaway trend toward autonomous warfare inevitable or will nations come together and choose a different path? In this episode, Tristan and Daniel sit down with Paul Scharre to try to answer some of these questions. Paul is a former Army Ranger, the author of two books on autonomous weapons and he helped the Department of Defense write a lot of its policy on the use of AI in weaponry.
Paul’s book on the future of AI in war, which came out in 2023.
Paul’s 2018 book documenting and predicting the rise of autonomous and semi-autonomous weapons as part of modern warfare.
Paul’s article in Foreign Affairs based on his recent trip to the battlefield in Ukraine.
A BBC documentary about Stanislav Petrov’s decision not to start nuclear war.
The full simulated dogfight between an AI and human pilot. The AI pilot swept, 5-0.
An investigation into the use of AI targeting systems by the IDF.
