Skip to main content
Back to Show
Aspen Ideas Festival

Are We Sure We Want to Let Robots Kill?

Season 2 Episode 133

Just because robots can do jobs that humans otherwise do, does that mean that they should? This question becomes especially difficult when we task a robot with applying lethal force. At an alarming rate, militaries from around the globe are employing AI to optimize operations and build weapons systems (i.e. robots!) to take on more and more roles and tasks previously undertaken by human warfighter

Support Provided By
Season
America's Lessons Learned in Afghanistan
59:59
Rebecca Blumenstein, Interviewer, Karl Eikenberry
Welcome and Opening Session: 2015 Aspen Ideas Festival
1:23:15
With Walter Isaacson, David Bradley and a range of speakers presenting their big ideas.
Expanding Worker Voice to Expand Economic Opportunity
53:20
Thomas Perez, Kai Ryssdal, Interviewer
Compromisers Make Great Democracies
56:46
Amy Klobuchar, Walter Isaacson, Interviewer
Cartel Land
29:31
Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin, Interviewer"
Long Life in the 21st Century
56:04
Laura Carstensen
When Systems Collide: Health, People, and the Planet
59:00
Larry Brilliant, Rachel Kyte, Judy Woodruff, Moderator
How Useful is Medical Screening?
52:41
Christie Aschwanden, Moderator, Jessica Herzstein, H. Gilbert Welch
Biology and Electronics Come Together
40:32
Francis Collins, Jonathan LaPook, Moncef Slaoui, Kevin Tracey
The Power of Health Technology
56:45
Patrick Beattie, Myriam Curet, Rubayat Khan, Michael Smith, Moderator"
Why Your Smartphone Will Radically Change Healthcare
49:35
Eric Topol, Corby Kummer
Active loading indicator