Interview – Katherine Keith
Katherine Keith discusses the need to audit large-scale algorithms in research and everyday online activity, and the possible uses of AI tools in international relations.
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Diplomacy
The opportunities of using artificial intelligence in statecraft point to the parallel emergence of serious challenges that will have to be addressed.
Review – The Age of AI
A clear and accessible account of the role that artificial intelligence plays in disrupting and shaping the future of human society, and its impact on national security and diplomacy.
AI Enabled Decisions: Processes Not Binaries
Technology does not appear in the world only for humans to then decide what to do about it, it is integrated into social systems and helps to shape the imaginable and possible.
Artificial Intelligence, Weapons Systems and Human Control
Including AI in weapons systems is important not because of the emergence of autonomous machines, but because human control is becoming compromised in human-machine interactions.
Interview – Sean Fleming
Sean Fleming explores theories of state responsibility, particular Hobbes’ theory, and their influence on modern politics such as new technological issues.
Regulating AI: A Success Story for the European Union?
Regulation could be the key to providing a level playing field for companies to develop by ensuring legal certainty, and providing a good-practice example to export.
Interview – H. Akin Ünver
Akin Ünver discusses computational social science (CSS) and IR, his research using CSS on the Syrian Civil War, and the use of the Internet by authoritarian leaders.
Review – The Future of War
Freedman employs an inter-disciplinary approach to explore the many failed predictions on the future of war and encourages a healthy scepticism towards them.
Civilization, China and Digital Technology
China is intent on consolidating a digital civilization; which has widespread implications for industry, governance, population management, and international relations.
