Technologies | Reality of Algorithmic Warfare

19/12/24

The Palestine Laboratory

Media

In his podcast series “The Palestine Laboratory”, investigative journalist Anthony Loewenstein examines how the Palestinian territories became a testing ground for military and surveillance technologies.

Commentary

Jessica Dorsey28 Nov 24

28/11/24

Meta-Powered Military Chatbot Advertised Giving “Worthless” Advice on Airstrikes

Jessica Dorsey

Commentary

In The Intercept article “Meta-Powered Military Chatbot Advertised Giving “Worthless” Advice on Airstrikes”, Jessica Dorsey is quoted mentioning the dangers Meta’s new Defense Llama tool.

Article

Roberto J. González29 Feb 24

29/02/24

Death by Remote Control: Drone Warfare in Afghanistan, Ukraine and Beyond

Roberto J. González

Article

Prof. Roberto J. González explores the lived experiences of soldiers and civilians who are directly affected by the introduction of unmanned and increasingly autonomous weapon systems on the 21st century battlefield.

Article

Sofie van der Maarel30 Nov 23

30/11/23

“This Is Not What I Signed up for”: Sociotechnical imaginaries in Dutch military innovation

Sofie van der Maarel

Article

Van der Maarel et al. explore the gap between existing military visions of technological innovation and soldiers' experiences of working in an autonomous systems unit, revealing sentiments of disillusionment.

Commentary

Aoife Keogh16 Mar 22

16/03/22

Autonomy in the kill-chain: More than semantics?

Aoife Keogh

Commentary

This article examines a 2020 incident in Libya, of which the UN reported the use of a lethal autonomous weapon. It provides insight into what is meant by autonomy in weapon systems and its ramifications for war and its victims, both current and future.