War Machines feat Stop Killer Robots and PAX

About this episode

The episode discusses military uses of AI with experts from Stop Killer Robots and PAX.

This week we're joined by Professor Peter Asaro from Stop Killer Robots, and Frank Slijper, Arms trade project lead at PAX to discuss military uses of AI, including Anthropic's stand-off with the US Department of Defense. Please note this podcast was recorded on the 20th March.**Links**Stop Killer Robots: https://www.stopkillerrobots.org/stop-killer-robots/Pax: https://paxforpeace.nl/who-we-are/organization/Stop Killer Robots at the UN: https://www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/reports-of-ai-enabled-targeting-in-iran-bring-real-world-impacts-to-the-un/Stop Killer Robots on Anthropic stand off: https://www.stopkillerrobots.org/news/press-release-stop-killer-robots-responds-to-the-anthropic-pentagon-standoff/**The Case**- The Anthropic case: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq571w5vllxo- The Anthropic supply chain designation: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn5g3z3xe65o- Access, Tech Justice, and more's amicus: https://techjusticelaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Anthropic-amicus-press-release_updated.pdf**War and AI systems**- : https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/12/who-bombed-the-iranian-girls-school-killing-more-than-170-what-we-know- Lavender and Where's Daddy…

People in this episode

Guests: Professor Peter Asaro, Frank Slijper

Topics covered

• military uses of AI
• AI ethics
• arms trade
• technology and warfare
• autonomous weapons

Keywords

• AI
• military
• autonomous weapons
• Stop Killer Robots
• PAX
• Anthropic
• arms trade

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stop Killer Robots, PAX, Anthropic, US Department of Defense

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