Artificial Intelligence Systems and Humans in Military Decision-Making: Not Better or Worse but Better Together

Artificial Intelligence Systems and Humans in Military Decision-Making: Not Better or Worse but Better Together

Artificial Intelligence Systems and Humans in Military Decision-Making: Not Better or Worse but Better Together In conversations about the military use of artificial intelligence (AI), I am frequently presented with the following question: might AI systems be better...
Israel-Hamas 2024 Symposium – AI-Based Targeting in Gaza: Surveying Expert Responses and Refining the Debate

Israel-Hamas 2024 Symposium – AI-Based Targeting in Gaza: Surveying Expert Responses and Refining the Debate

Israel-Hamas 2024 Symposium – AI-Based Targeting in Gaza: Surveying Expert Responses and Refining the Debate The reported use of artificial intelligence-enabled decision-support systems (AI-DSS), in particular the Gospel and Lavender, by the Israel Defense...
Artificial Intelligence for Better Protection of Civilians During Urban Warfare

Artificial Intelligence for Better Protection of Civilians During Urban Warfare

Artificial Intelligence for Better Protection of Civilians During Urban Warfare Editor’s Note: This post is drawn from the author’s article-length work recently published in The Military Law and the Law of War Review. Images emerging from hostilities in cities such as...
AWS Legal Review Series – A Functional Approach

AWS Legal Review Series – A Functional Approach

AWS Legal Review Series – A Functional Approach This post appears as part of a series on the legal review of autonomous weapon systems. An introductory post by Professors Rain Liivoja and Sean Watts provides an overview of the series. Autonomous weapon systems (AWS)...
AWS Legal Review Series – Introduction

AWS Legal Review Series – Introduction

AWS Legal Review Series – Introduction In recent years, discussions about the legal compliance of various novel military uses of technology have shone a spotlight on something that used to be the obscure province of military lawyers: the legal reviews of new weapons,...