The dark future of AI in war | Stephanie Hare | TEDxBerlin

Lethal autonomous weapon systems operate without a 'human in the loop', so who can we hold to account if they are ever used to kill humans? Dr. Stephanie Hare, co-presenter of the BBC television programme AI Decoded, demonstrates how technology is not neutral, because there is always a human in the loop. Her conclusion: AI can't be put on trial for war crimes, but humans can — and should. Dr. Stephanie Hare is a researcher, broadcaster and author focused on technology, politics and history.

She co-presents “Artificial Intelligence: Decoded” on BBC television and contributes to the BBC World Service.

Her first book, Technology Is Not Neutral: A Short Guide to Technology Ethics, was named a Financial Times Best Technology Book of summer 2022, and her writing has featured in the Financial Times, The Washington Post, the Guardian/Observer, the Harvard Business Review, WIRED and Computer Weekly.

She has worked at Accenture, Palantir, and Oxford Analytica; held the Alistair Horne Visiting Fellowship at St Antony’s College, Oxford; and earned a PhD and MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a BA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, including a year at the Université de la Sorbonne (Paris IV).

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