RoboCup 2019 Talks: RoboWarfare
THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED
Should robots have the right to kill?
We owe so much of our technological innovation to the relationship between the tech industry and the military, without it we wouldn’t have satellite navigation or the internet. So what happens when military engineers start building lethal autonomous weapons who can make their own decisions on the frontline?
A future where robots march alongside human soldiers into battle is no longer just a science fiction fantasy. The rise of robots could make warfare safer for civilians and reduce the lethality of war, but should robots ever have the right to kill?
Join law expert Lyria Bennett Moses, professor of AI Toby Walsh and autonomous weapons systems researcher Jai Galliott, to explore the quandaries and benefits of robots and AI on the frontline.
Presented by UNSW Centre for Ideas as a part of RoboCup 2019 Sydney, an international robot soccer competition and robotics conference.
Part of the UNSW Grand Challenge: Living with 21st Century Technology.
Want more robots?
Make a night of it and attend the earlier event at Sydney Town Hall. Find out when the robots are moving in at a free event on the Saturday.
RoboEthics
Navigate the ethical minefield of living with robots.
Lower Town Hall, Thu 4 Jul, 6pm, $10 + booking fee
RoboReveal
Big ideas and new developments in AI as we start cohabiting with robots.
ICC Sydney (Exhibition Centre Lvl3, Room E3.2), Sat 6 Jul, 2pm, Free
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Lyria Bennett Moses
Lyria Bennett Moses is Director of the Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation and a Professor in the Faculty of Law at UNSW Sydney. Lyria's research explores issues around the relationship between technology and law, including the types of legal issues that arise as technology changes, how these issues are addressed in Australia and other jurisdictions, the application of standard legal categories such as property in new socio-technical contexts, the use of technologically-specific and sui generis legal rules, and the problems of treating “technology” as an object of regulation. Lyria has been a Key Researcher and Project Leader on the Data to Decisions CRC, exploring legal and policy issues surrounding the use of data and data analytics for defence, national security and law enforcement. Lyria is also Lead of the UNSW Grand Challenge on “Living with 21st Century Technology”.
Jai Galliott
Dr Jai Galliott is leader of the Values in Defence & Security Technology Group at the Australian Defence Force Academy. He initially trained as a Principal Warfare Officer in the Australian Navy, but resigned his commission in 2007 to pursue an academic career. He has since received numerous degrees, a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and sociology from Macquarie University in Sydney, a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and a PhD on the ethical and social implication of autonomous systems from Macquarie University. Galliott was the first person in Macquarie University's history to submit a full book manuscript as a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, which was awarded without corrections.
Toby Walsh (Host)
Toby Walsh is an ARC Laureate Fellow and Scientia Professor of AI at UNSW Sydney and CSIRO Data61. He is a strong advocate for limits to ensure AI is used to improve our lives, having spoken at the UN, and to heads of state, parliamentary bodies, company boards and many other bodies on this topic. He is a Fellow of the Australia Academy of Science, and was named on the international Who's Who in AI list of influencers. He has authored three books on AI for a general audience, the most recent entitled Machines Behaving Badly: the morality of AI.
