This lecture will explore fully autonomous weapons, the products of AI technology, and the arguments for and against their use. It will then look at the more complex issues of the ethical role of the state in the protection of its population, and the ethical choices of individuals versus those of corporations, whose role in large-scale military-industrial complexes is crucial.

The lecture will also mention the emergence of a form of psychopathology in some weapons producers.

A lecture by Yorick Wilks, Visiting Professor of Artificial Intelligence 5 November

The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:

https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/ai-weapons

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