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The Irresponsibility of a Narrow Debate on Military AI

AI technologies have a considerably broader scope than the debate on the ethics of military AI appears to suggest (with a predominant focus on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems). Additionally, this debate should not be limited to the risks of military AI; the opportunities should be discussed likewise.

The debate about responsible AI should therefore concern each step of the military decision-making process, and take enhanced performance in military operations into account. In this session Prof. Dr. V.S. Subrahmanian will briefly introduce some propositions to expand the scope of the debate on responsible military AI. In a professionally moderated House of Commons setting participants of the breakout session are welcomed to join the debate.

The Irresponsibility of a Narrow Debate on Military AI speakers

Prof. Dr. V.S. Subrahmanian

Walter P. Murphy Professor of Computer Science and Buffett Faculty Fellow; McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University and Northwestern Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs.
Dr. Marie Postma

Head of department Cognitive Science & Artificial Intelligence, Tilburg University
Dr. Ir. Roy Lindelauf

Assistant Professor Quant Intel & coordinator Data Science Center of Excellence, Netherlands Defence Academy
Prof. dr. Eric Postma

Professor in AI at the Cognitive Science & AI department at Tilburg University and at the Jheronimus Academy of Data Science
Frits Bloemberg, MA

Founder and CEO of ‘Het Debatbureau’
Maj. Herwin Meerveld

PhD student, Data Science Center of Excellence of the Faculty of Military Sciences of the Netherlands Defence Academy

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