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Technology & National Security
Remarks by Paul Scharre to the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapon SystemsGeneva, Switzerland As we have heard this week, artificial intelligence and autonomy are rapidly advancing. While no nation has said they will build autonomous weapons, the t...
By Paul Scharre
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Lethal Autonomous Weapons and Policy-Making Amid Disruptive Technological ChangeThis week, countries are meeting at the United Nations to discuss lethal autonomous weapons and the line between human and machine decision-making. One complicating factor in ...
By Paul Scharre
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
We’re Losing Our Chance to Regulate Killer RobotsScores of countries are gathering at the United Nations this week to discuss lethal autonomous weapon systems – essentially, robots that would pick their own targets. This mar...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Eric Schmidt Keynote Address at the Center for a New American Security Artificial Intelligence and Global Security SummitTranscript prepared by Gregory C. Allen and Anthony Cho. This transcript has been edited for clarity. Discussion starts at :30 of video. Paul Scharre: So thanks for joini...
By Paul Scharre, Anthony Cho, Gregory C. Allen & Eric Schmidt
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Podcast
Technology & National Security
Stephen Hawking, Artificial Intelligence, and the UN SummitThis week, countries discuss lethal autonomous weapons at the United Nations, while Stephen Hawking warns of the dangers of artificial intelligence. Paul Scharre, Director of ...
By Paul Scharre & Neal Urwitz
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
The Lethal Autonomous Weapons Governmental Meeting (Part I: Coping with Rapid Technological Change)This week nations meet at the United Nations to discuss lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS), including robotic weapons that might hunt for targets on their own. It has bee...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
The United States Can Be a World Leader in AI. Here's How.The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution is upon us. Artificial general intelligence—machines that could perform the full range of intellectual tasks better than humans—are...
By Paul Scharre & Alexander Velez-Green
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Technology & National Security
Autonomous Weapons and the Future of WarThe weapons of war and terrorism are on the cusp of a revolution that will change the battlefield and the world in ways that we're just coming to understand. That future is ju...
By Paul Scharre
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Podcast
Defense / Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
National Competition in Artificial IntelligenceVladimir Putin recently said that whoever leads in artificial intelligence "will be ruler of the world." Elon Musk has warned that national competition in AI is the "most like...
By Paul Scharre & Neal Urwitz
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Why We Must Not Build Automated Weapons of WarOver 100 CEOs of artificial intelligence and robotics firms recently signed an open letter warning that their work could be repurposed to build lethal autonomous weapons — “ki...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
The trouble with trying to ban 'killer robots'Last month more than 100 robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) company CEOs signed an open letter to the UN warning of the dangers of autonomous weapons. For the past thre...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Killer Robots Drive Concern but Odds of Ban Less ClearThe past week has seen a flurry of news stories on “killer robots,” which wouldn’t be complete without the obligatory Terminator and Robocop images. Countries were supposed to...
By Paul Scharre
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Podcast
Defense / Technology & National Security
Drones Podcast Series: Military and Non-State Actor Uses of Commercial DronesBy Jeremy Hsu, Paul Scharre & Alexandra Sander
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Technology & National Security
CNAS' Scharre on Autonomous Weapons, New Research Initiative, Forthcoming BookBy Paul Scharre
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Podcast
Technology & National Security
Paul Scharre Discusses Open Letter on Autonomous WeaponsPaul Scharre, senior fellow and director of the CNAS Technology and National Security Program, discusses an open letter warning of the dangers of autonomous weapons. While som...
By Paul Scharre & JaRel Clay
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Podcast
Technology & National Security
Paul Scharre discusses Facebook Shutting Down its AI ProgramPaul Scharre, senior fellow and director of the CNAS Technology and National Security Program, weighs in on news that Facebook shut down its artificial intelligence program af...
By Paul Scharre & Neal Urwitz
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Defense / Technology & National Security
The Coming Drone Wars: A Headache in the Making for American Foreign PolicyIn June, the United States shot down two Iranian-made armed drones used by Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. The fact that the shoot down (and the existence of the armed dron...
By Paul Scharre
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Podcast
Technology & National Security
Drones Podcast Series: Drones and the MTCRIn this episode of the Drones Podcast Series, CNAS experts Michael Horowitz, Alexandra Sander, and Paul Scharre discuss the Missile Technology Control Regime....
By Michael Horowitz, Alexandra Sander & Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg Debate the Future of AI: Who's Right?As Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg publicly debate the future of artificial intelligence, CNAS Technology and National Security Program Director Paul Scharre sits down with Neal...
By Paul Scharre & Neal Urwitz
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Podcast
Defense / Technology & National Security
Drones Podcast Series: U.S. Policy and ExportsOn this episode, Michael Horowitz, Dan Gettinger, and Alexandra Sander join Paul Scharre to discuss U.S. policy changes on unmanned aircraft exports in recent years....
By Michael Horowitz, Dan Gettinger, Alexandra Sander & Paul Scharre
