Ottawa’s Killer Robot Problem
About this episode
The episode explores Canada's stance on autonomous weapons and the implications of AI in military decision-making.
Host Sam spent a day at Canada's biggest defence trade show asking about autonomous weapons. The good news: Canada says humans must always be part of the decision to kill. The bad news: nobody can define what that means, the US just voted against a UN resolution banning killer robots, and Pete Hegseth wants the Pentagon to be an "AI-first warfighting force." Sam talks to an AI researcher, an underwater robot CEO, a defence contractor who tells it like it is, and an ethicist who somehow remains hopeful. Have a tip? sam@canadaland.com Host: Noor Azrieh Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Host/Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork) Guests: Jason Millar, Randy Goebel Background reading: For Canada, the march of the killer robots is getting hard to avoid | The Logic Judge temporarily blocks Pentagon's blacklist of AI company Anthropic | CBC News At Canada’s biggest weapons show, the soldiers were the target | Globe and Mail Canada’s largest arms expo drawing record turnout as Ottawa boosts defence spending Go to Canadaland.com/live…
People in this episode
Host: Sam
Guests: Jason Millar, Randy Goebel
Topics covered
- autonomous weapons
- defense trade
- AI ethics
- military technology
- Canada's defense policy
Keywords
- killer robots
- autonomous weapons
- defense trade show
- AI ethics
- Canada
- military technology
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Organizations: CANADALAND, UN, Pentagon, CBC News, Globe and Mail
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