Lecture Series: 'Artificial Intelligence and Military Ethics' by Professor Enemark

Governments worldwide are increasingly interested in exploring and exploiting the military potential of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. In this lecture, Professor Christian Enemark addresses some of the ethical challenges that potentially arise from the incorporation of AI into warfighting systems and practices. Key themes of moral concern include: the exercise of ‘meaningful human control’ over AI-enabled weapons; the potential deployment of cyborg soldiers; and the influence of anthropomorphism upon human-robot interactions within combat teams.

Christian Enemark is Professor of International Relations in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Southampton, UK. As a researcher and educator, his interests include global health politics, international arms control, and the ethics of war and peace. During 2018–2023, Christian led a major project on Emergent Ethics of Drone Violence (DRONETHICS) sponsored by the European Research Council.