Podcast Series: Lethal Autonomous Weapons: 10 Things We Want to Know

Paola Gaeta (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies) has launched a new podcast series titled Lethal Autonomous Weapons: 10 Things We Want to Know, which is part of research project on autonomous weapons and war crimes financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation and based at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. In this podcast, Professor Gaeta and the other members of the research team (Marta Bo, Alessandra Spadaro, and Abhimanyu George Jain) discuss with other experts the challenges and problems raised by autonomous weapons, covering issues such as the concept of autonomy in weapon systems, the compatibility of lethal autonomous weapons with the laws of war, the question of the attribution of responsibility in case of failures of autonomous weapons, whether these weapons are ethical, the respect for human rights when autonomous weapons are used in law enforcement operations, and the prospects for an international treaty regulating them. The podcast is available on various streaming platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and Spotify. Episodes are released every other Wednesday.