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RUNAWAY GUN
Killer Robots, Military AI, and the Perilous Pursuit of Autonomous Weapons
No mainstream book has yet tackled the military dimensions of artificial intelligence and increasing autonomy, especially in the use of force. RUNAWAY GUN will tell the story of advancing autonomy in weapons, the people building them, and those who are fighting to stop them.
Paul Scharre co-directs the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) project on Ethical Autonomy, a research effort funded by the MacArthur Foundation and dedicated to understanding the legal, moral, ethical, and policy implications of autonomous weapons. His work on autonomous weapons policy is buttressed by extensive experience in defense policy and front-line military operations. From 2008 to 2013, he worked in the Office of the Secretary of Defense on policies for robotics, autonomy, and other emerging weapons technologies. While at the Pentagon, Scharre led the drafting of the official U.S. Department of Defense policy on autonomous weapons.
Since leaving government in 2014, he has presented on autonomous weapons in a wide variety of forums, including both UN expert meetings in 2014 and 2015, the Senate Armed Services Committee, the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross, Chatham House London, NATO Defense College, the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, and the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. He regularly consults with senior diplomatic and defense officials at the U.S. and other governments on autonomous weapons.
Prior to joining the Office of the Secretary of Defense, he served as an infantryman and sniper in the U.S. Army's 75th Ranger Regiment and completed four combat tours to Iraq and Afghanistan. He has an Masters. in Political Economy and Public Policy from Washington University in St. Louis.
Scharre has developed extensive contacts in U.S. defense companies and government research labs working at the cutting edge of automation. RUNAWAY GUN will leverage those connections to peel back the curtain on the future that is already being built today.
The 125,000-word manuscript will be delivered by January 2017.
Paul Scharre co-directs the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) project on Ethical Autonomy, a research effort funded by the MacArthur Foundation and dedicated to understanding the legal, moral, ethical, and policy implications of autonomous weapons. His work on autonomous weapons policy is buttressed by extensive experience in defense policy and front-line military operations. From 2008 to 2013, he worked in the Office of the Secretary of Defense on policies for robotics, autonomy, and other emerging weapons technologies. While at the Pentagon, Scharre led the drafting of the official U.S. Department of Defense policy on autonomous weapons.
Since leaving government in 2014, he has presented on autonomous weapons in a wide variety of forums, including both UN expert meetings in 2014 and 2015, the Senate Armed Services Committee, the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross, Chatham House London, NATO Defense College, the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, and the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. He regularly consults with senior diplomatic and defense officials at the U.S. and other governments on autonomous weapons.
Prior to joining the Office of the Secretary of Defense, he served as an infantryman and sniper in the U.S. Army's 75th Ranger Regiment and completed four combat tours to Iraq and Afghanistan. He has an Masters. in Political Economy and Public Policy from Washington University in St. Louis.
Scharre has developed extensive contacts in U.S. defense companies and government research labs working at the cutting edge of automation. RUNAWAY GUN will leverage those connections to peel back the curtain on the future that is already being built today.
The 125,000-word manuscript will be delivered by January 2017.
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Published 2023-05-11 by W.W. Norton |