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  "date": "2020-12-28T12:00:00+01:00",
  "start": "12:00",
  "duration": "00:40",
  "room": "r3s - Monheim/Rhein",
  "slug": "rc3-22-the_weirdness_of_investigating_autonomous_weapons",
  "url": "https://pretalx.rc3.studio/rc3-channels-2020/talk/ZH9EFV/",
  "title": "The weirdness of investigating autonomous weapons",
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  "track": "MON r3s Rhein VHS",
  "type": "Talk 30 min + 10min Q&A",
  "language": "en",
  "abstract": "Opinions about lethal autonomous weapons. We have them. The analysis of current technology, legal frameworks and philosophical takes on AI weapons.",
  "description": "Whenever we talk about drone warfare and lethal autonomous weapons, we must remember how we stand at the intersection of various technological, social, and regulatory possibilities and limitations. Autonomous weapons technology has developed rapidly in the previous years; machine learning and image recognition are becoming increasingly powerful. At the same time, the technology is far from perfect or omniscient (we still, for example, struggle to combat algorithmic racism), despite what some voters and policymakers might think. Social and ethical realities are even more complex. Scholars disagree on whether it would be best for humans or machines to make the final decision on which combatants live and which ones die. Generals and policymakers currently seem to prefer a world in which humans make the final decision, but drones and lethal autonomous weapons run a risk of dehumanizing war even further. Finally, the software (and some of the hardware) that underpins lethal autonomous weapons might be difficult to regulate through global arms trading restrictions. There is a huge risk that the technology will move at a very fast pace in the upcoming years, perhaps outpacing discussions on legal and ethical norms. We want to create a deep introduction on reporting about lethal autonomous weapons by looking at how all three of those realities intersect. We want to conclude with a list of methods that we can use to conduct journalistic investigations on lethal autonomous weapons and a list of key topics (including cooperation between big tech firms and the military) that are worth investigating.",
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      "public_name": "czesiek",
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