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Technology & National Security
Growing conflict between Pentagon and tech engineersA dozen Google employees quit this week after more than 3,000 signed a petition demanding the tech giant not partner with the Pentagon; national security correspondent Jennife...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of WarWhat happens when a Predator drone has as much autonomy as a Google car? Or when a weapon that can hunt its own targets is hacked? Although it sounds like science fiction, the...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Analysis of the Trump Administration’s Drone Export PolicyPaul Scharre, Senior Fellow and Director of the Technology and National Security program at CNAS, discusses the Trump Administration’s recent Drone Export Policy and its relat...
By Paul Scharre & Michael Horowitz
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Technology & National Security
Autonomous Weapons or “Killer Robots”: The Next Threat to World Peace?Our guest is Paul Scharre, a former Army Ranger who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He’s the director of the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New A...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
MWI Podcast: The Future of Autonomous War, with Paul ScharreThe fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and autonomous technology are exploding in development. So how will these advancements change the way we fight future ...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Reform weapons training to protect US troops from brain injuryTraumatic brain injury (TBI) is the signature wound of today’s wars, with nearly 380,000 servicemembers diagnosed since 2000. TBI can come from falls, bullets shrapnel, or the...
By Paul Scharre & Lauren Fish
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Technology & National Security
Podcast: Defense One Radio: Conversations with Eric Fanning, Paul Scharre and more.In this episode, recorded on Wednesday, May 2, 2018:Aerospace Industries Association CEO Eric Fanning sits down for a chat (30:25);• Then later (47:15) we’ll speak with f...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Autonomous Weapons and the Future of WarPaul Scharre served in combat beside Jack Murphy in the Army's 3rd Ranger Battalion, and he has just put out a truly thought provoking book that will leave you questioning how...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Author Discussion on Artificial IntelligenceA discussion on artificial intelligence from the 16th annualAnnapolis Book Festival that featured Amir Husain, The Sentient Machine, and Paul Scharre, ...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Report to Army Finds Blast from Some Weapons May Put Shooter's Brain at RiskMilitary personnel may be endangering their own brains when they operate certain shoulder-fired weapons, according to an Army-commissioned report released Monday. The re...
By Paul Scharre & Lauren Fish
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Technology & National Security
Killer Robot Technologies with Paul ScharreWe interview Paul Scharre, Senior Fellow and Director, Technology and National Security Program, Center for a New American Security, and author of Army of ...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
The future of war will be fought by machines, but will humans still be in charge?Drone swarms. Self-driving tanks. Autonomous sentry guns. Sometimes it seems like the future of warfare arrived on our doorstep overnight, and we’ve all been caught unprepared...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
The first drone warship just joined the Navy and now nearly every element of it is classifiedThe first warship to traverse open waters without a single crew member recently joined the U.S. Navy's fleet after eight years of development and testing. And now nearly every...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Autonomous Weapons Would Take Warfare To A New Domain, Without HumansKiller robots have been a staple of TV and movies for decades, from Westworldto The Terminator series. But in the real world, killer robots are officially known...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Will killer robots save us or destroy humanity? | The StreamA group of scientists is campaigning for a preemptive ban on autonomous weapons technology that may someday power what they call "killer robots”. Those who support the develop...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Human judgment and lethal decision-making in warFor the fifth year in a row, government delegates meet at the United Nationsin Geneva to discuss autonomous weapons. Meanwhile, the technology that enables greater autonomy in...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Meet the New Robot ArmyIn contemporary sci-fi—HBO’s “Westworld,” for example—sentient machines take up arms against humanity. In the real world, intelligent—and increasingly autonomous—robots are be...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Ethics and the Future of Artificial IntelligenceJoin Paul Scharre, Senior Fellow and Director of the Technology and National Security program at CNAS, in a discussion with Amir Husain about the ethical implications of artif...
By Paul Scharre & Amir Husain
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Technology & National Security
The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence: Forecasting, Prevention, and MitigationArtificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities are growingat an unprecedented rate. These technologies have many widelybeneficial applications, ranging from machine...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
'Tech Tyranny': How Google plans to help ChinaBy Paul Scharre