Yesterday, The AutoNorms Project own Anna Nadibaidze successfully defended her PhD - huge congratulations Dr Anna! Thank you to her assessment committee Olivier Schmitt Prof. Elke Schwarz Maria Mälksoo CWS - War Studies

A really fantastic and very stimulating couple of days in Paderborn. Thank you Jens Hälterlein and Jutta Weber for organising this very timely event on autonomous weapons and moral responsibility!

Happy to share this blog post where I reflect on what lessons the AWS debate can learn from existing arms control agreements that also follow a 2-tiered structure. Thanks to the ICRC for having it out 🙏 #GGELAWS #CCW

A phenomenal project: Distributed AI Research Institute is on Mastodon invited data workers, the often abused & neglected lifeblood of the AI industry, to conduct their own research into their communities & write about it in their own words. This is true participatory AI. Visionary work. data-workers.org

Interested in pursuing a PhD? My department is inviting applications for PhD scholarships in all areas of political science, including International Relations, deadline 15 October: …sd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

Did you miss my Forsvarsakademiet seminar on the promises and pitfalls of military AI? Or do you want to rewatch the brilliant keynotes from Prof. Elke Schwarz, dr ingvild bode and Antoine Bousquet? Well, you're in luck. The recording from the event has just been published: fak.dk/da/nyheder/202…

Please note that for applicants in International Relations, we are especially interested in PhD topics related to AI. Feel free to get in touch with me if your research interests go in this direction CWS - War Studies

On 19 September, AutoNorms' dr ingvild bode will deliver her inaugural lecture as Professor at the Department of Political Science at SDU. The lecture is entitled "Military Applications of #AI: Challenges and Perspectives". Register to attend: conferencemanager.dk/tiltraedelsesf…

Today marks the publication of a true first in the field; the first-ever Handbook on Drone Warfare With 37 of the world's leading experts, we cross disciplines, exploring the truly global rise & implications of drone proliferation 50% off with: DGBSS24 degruyter.com/document/doi/1…

Now available: dr ingvild bode's & Anna Nadibaidze's chapter on "Autonomous Drones" in the De Gruyter Brill ➡️ @degruyterbrill.bsky.social Handbook of Drone Warfare, edited by former CWS colleague James Patton Rogers. Find it here: degruyter.com/document/doi/1…

Happy to announce the publication of this short essay on #AI Technologies and International Relations in The RUSI Journal RUSI tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… The AutoNorms Project CWS - War Studies

On Monday (9 September) we host a breakout session at the REAIMsummit on the Realities of Algorithmic Warfare: Innovation, Impact, Regulation. We've got a great lineup of scholars & practitioners; join us if you're at the Summit or get updates on our site intimacies-of-remote-warfare.nl/events/realiti…

I am looking forward to contributing to the virtual panel discussion "The Era of AI: Future of Peace and Security" on 26 September 2024 organised by UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳's Information for All Programme - please register and join, see details below The AutoNorms Project CWS - War Studies

I am looking forward to present The AutoNorms Project research on #governance #norms and AI in the military domain together with Anna Nadibaidze at HLS Program on Int’l Law & Armed Conflict next week. Thank you Dustin Lewis for hosting us. Please join if you are in the Boston area CWS - War Studies

Almost time for this panel on the future of global AI governance Northeastern U. organised by Denise Garcia with JP Singh Anna Nadibaidze - join us in person: eventbrite.com/e/the-future-o… and via the live-stream: packnetwork.com/futureofAI The AutoNorms Project CWS - War Studies

📣 Publication Alert 📣 A new report by our colleagues Anna Nadibaidze, dr ingvild bode and Qiaochu Zhang reviews main developments and debates related to AI-based decision support systems (AI DSS) in military decision-making. Download the report here: autonorms.eu/ai-in-military…

Did you miss our post-#USElection2024 roundtable? 🎙️Listen to a recording of the panelists' opening remarks in the latest WarPod! Anne Ingemann Johansen Niels Bjerre-Poulsen André Ken Jakobsson Qiaochu Zhang soundcloud.com/thewarpod/warp…

We have a great lineup. Lt. Gen. (ret.) Jack Shanahan will give the keynote, and the participants include Jessica Dorsey (@jessicadorsey.bsky.social), Alexander Blanchard, Francis Grimal, Kenneth Payne, Erik Lin-Greenberg, Dr Luba Zatsepina, Brianna Rosen, dr ingvild bode, and Prof. Elke Schwarz.