Are you aware? – Will AI replace soldiers in killing? Stop Killer Robots

Kaja Kowalczewska was a guest on the podcast “Are you aware?” (conversation in Polish) hosted by the Civil Affairs Institute (Instytut Spraw Obywatelskich – ISO). ?️

ISO is the first and only NGO from Poland to join the international Stop Killer Robots coalition, which aims to ban by treaty the use of lethal AI-based weapons that will be beyond human control. The ISO undertakes educational and advocacy activities to raise awareness of the consequences of military applications of artificial intelligence and to activate Polish diplomacy in discussions in international forums.

Kaja, as the author of the first monograph in Polish dedicated entirely to this topic, has been invited as an expert to advise the ISO on its activities.

We invite you to listen to the podcast, in particular if you are interested in the answers to the following questions:

1. ? What are the main ethical and legal challenges of integrating artificial intelligence into weapons systems?

2. ? In your book ‘Artificial Intelligence in War’, you discuss various aspects of the use of AI in a military context. Which of these do you consider to be the most problematic and why?

3. ⚖️ How does the development of autonomous weapons systems (AWS) and lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) affect the rules of warfare in the context of international law?

4. ? What are the potential implications for global security if control of combat decisions is transferred to machines?

5. ? Can you give examples of armed conflicts where there is suspicion of the use of such systems in armed conflict?

6. ?? What is the aim of the project ‘Common defence policy – the legal framework for the development of the European defence industry’, which you are involved in?

7. ? What steps should the international community and decision-makers take to prevent the uncontrolled proliferation of AWS and LAWS technologies?