Harms and Risks of AI in the Military

A cross-disciplinary workshop fostering an open and inclusive discussion on the harms and risks of using AI for military purposes

Save the date! Join us in person or virtually on Dec 2-3 at Mila - Quebec AI Institute, Montreal. Registration is not open yet, please follow us on Twitter for announcements. You can still submit an abstract after reading the instructions by clicking on the button at the bottom right.

Summary

The growing interest of military agencies in adopting AI technologies raises concerns about the harms and risks posed by such AI applications with respect to safety, human rights, marginalized communities, conflict escalations and global security. In this workshop, we aim to bridge the gap between the AI research community and experts in military AI regulations. Our workshop will foster a multidisciplinary discussion about the harms and risks related to the use of AI research advances for military applications. Invited speakers will introduce the audience to the topics of AI capabilities in the military, AI arms races and their risks, challenges in military AI regulations, implications on human rights, global inequality and global security, disarmament advocacy, and ethics; as well as strategies for mitigating these harms and risks. We bring together experts from the fields of AI governance, human rights advocacy, humanitarian disarmament, geopolitics and game theory of arms races, as well as researchers who are or were once involved in military applications of AI, to discuss together challenges, potential strategies, and the role of AI researchers in AI militarization and disarmament.


When

December 2nd and December 3rd 2024.

Where

In-person at Mila - Quebec AI Institute in Montreal,

6650 Rue Saint-Urbain, Montréal, QC H2S 3H1 - Agora hall.

Hybrid participation format will be announced soon.


Our Speakers and Panelists

… more speakers to be announced soon!



Contact

If you have questions, feedback or just want to say hi, please send us an email to hraim2024(at)googlegroups(dot)com. We encourage you to follow us on Twitter for announcements.