There is lots of discussion these days about military uses of artificial intelligence (AI). While AI can provide many advantages, it also raises thorny questions under international humanitarian law (IHL) [otherwise known as the...
On September 27th I was truly honored to participate in the 8th Great Power Competition Conference conducted by Global and National Security Institute (GNSI) at the University of South Florida (USF). Presented in partnership...
Today’s podcast is the newest episode of our series from Duke’s 28th Annual National Security Law Conference. It features the Air Force Academy’s Lt Col Tim Goines who gives us a really interesting presentation...
Is the U.S. becoming the leader in the development of norms for the military use of artificial intelligence (AI)? Maybe, but there is still much work to do and some red flags to be...
Virtually everyone concedes that the future of warfare will include autonomous weapons, but controversy exists as to how they can be reliably employed in a legal and moral manner. This is the exact issue...
Today we continue our examination of the International Committee of the Red Cross’ (ICRC) new stance on autonomous weapons with an essay by my friend, Richmond Law’s Dr. Rebecca Crootof. (You may recall...
I am happy to share the recording of my dialogue with my friends, Professor Rebecca Crootof, and Brigadier General Patrick Huston, on Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Warfighting. The video of our discussion...
Today’s post is an unusual one: it’s a sci-fi story! It describes a future conflict where artificial intelligence and other high-tech has become profoundly integrated into the battlespace. This story won the 2019 Military...
Today’s guest blogger is Maziar Homayounnejad, a PhD student at King’s College London. His essay is a brief synopsis of some research done at King’s College London and South Texas College of Law, on...
Concerned about the relationship between the law and autonomous weapons? So is today’s guest blogger, Zhanna Malekos Smith. Zhanna joined the Center on Law, Ethics, and National Security (LENS) and the Duke Center on...
Charles J. Dunlap Jr., the former deputy judge advocate general of the United States Air Force, joined the Duke Law faculty in July 2010 where he is a professor of the practice of law and Executive Director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security.
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