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• Commentary
  • Just Security
  • November 9, 2017
  The Lethal Autonomous Weapons Governmental Meeting (Part I: Coping with Rapid Technological Change)

  This week nations meet at the United Nations to discuss lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS), including robotic weapons that might hunt for targets on their own. It has bee...

  By Paul Scharre

• Commentary
  • The National Interest
  • October 27, 2017
  The United States Can Be a World Leader in AI. Here's How.

  The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution is upon us. Artificial general intelligence—machines that could perform the full range of intellectual tasks better than humans—are...

  By Paul Scharre & Alexander Velez-Green

• Podcast
  • September 29, 2017
  Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War

  The weapons of war and terrorism are on the cusp of a revolution that will change the battlefield and the world in ways that we're just coming to understand. That future is ju...

  By Paul Scharre

• Podcast
  • September 26, 2017
  National Competition in Artificial Intelligence

  Vladimir Putin recently said that whoever leads in artificial intelligence "will be ruler of the world." Elon Musk has warned that national competition in AI is the "most like...

  By Paul Scharre & Neal Urwitz

• Commentary
  • Time
  • September 25, 2017
  Why We Must Not Build Automated Weapons of War

  Over 100 CEOs of artificial intelligence and robotics firms recently signed an open letter warning that their work could be repurposed to build lethal autonomous weapons — “ki...

  By Paul Scharre

• • Commentary
  • World Economic Forum
  • September 4, 2017
  The trouble with trying to ban 'killer robots'

  Last month more than 100 robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) company CEOs signed an open letter to the UN warning of the dangers of autonomous weapons. For the past thre...

  By Paul Scharre

• • Commentary
  • The Cipher Brief
  • August 28, 2017
  Killer Robots Drive Concern but Odds of Ban Less Clear

  The past week has seen a flurry of news stories on “killer robots,” which wouldn’t be complete without the obligatory Terminator and Robocop images. Countries were supposed to...

  By Paul Scharre

• Podcast
  • August 24, 2017
  Drones Podcast Series: Military and Non-State Actor Uses of Commercial Drones

  By Jeremy Hsu, Paul Scharre & Alexandra Sander

• • Video
  • August 24, 2017
  CNAS' Scharre on Autonomous Weapons, New Research Initiative, Forthcoming Book

  By Paul Scharre

• Podcast
  • August 22, 2017
  Paul Scharre Discusses Open Letter on Autonomous Weapons

  Paul Scharre, senior fellow and director of the CNAS Technology and National Security Program, discusses an open letter warning of the dangers of autonomous weapons. While som...

  By Paul Scharre & JaRel Clay

• Podcast
  • August 1, 2017
  Paul Scharre discusses Facebook Shutting Down its AI Program

  Paul Scharre, senior fellow and director of the CNAS Technology and National Security Program, weighs in on news that Facebook shut down its artificial intelligence program af...

  By Paul Scharre & Neal Urwitz

• • Commentary
  • The National Interest
  • July 26, 2017
  The Coming Drone Wars: A Headache in the Making for American Foreign Policy

  In June, the United States shot down two Iranian-made armed drones used by Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. The fact that the shoot down (and the existence of the armed dron...

  By Paul Scharre

• Podcast
  • July 26, 2017
  Drones Podcast Series: Drones and the MTCR

  In this episode of the Drones Podcast Series, CNAS experts Michael Horowitz, Alexandra Sander, and Paul Scharre discuss the Missile Technology Control Regime....

  By Michael Horowitz, Alexandra Sander & Paul Scharre

• Podcast
  • July 25, 2017
  Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg Debate the Future of AI: Who's Right?

  As Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg publicly debate the future of artificial intelligence, CNAS Technology and National Security Program Director Paul Scharre sits down with Neal...

  By Paul Scharre & Neal Urwitz

• Podcast
  • July 20, 2017
  Drones Podcast Series: U.S. Policy and Exports

  On this episode, Michael Horowitz, Dan Gettinger, and Alexandra Sander join Paul Scharre to discuss U.S. policy changes on unmanned aircraft exports in recent years....

  By Michael Horowitz, Dan Gettinger, Alexandra Sander & Paul Scharre

• Commentary
  • July 19, 2017
  Making Sense of Rapid Technological Change

  Technology is changing our world at an astonishing pace. In the span of a few short years, the internet, mobile devices, and social media have transformed how we communicate a...

  By Paul Scharre

• Podcast
  • July 18, 2017
  How Artificial Intelligence Could Impact Warfare

  Paul Scharre, the new director of the CNAS Technology and National Security Program, discusses what he calls a new industrial revolution powered by artificial intelligence due...

  By Paul Scharre & Neal Urwitz

• • Commentary
  • The Hill
  • July 14, 2017
  Time for US to treat modern drones like aircraft, not missiles

  President Trump’s decision last month to sell MQ-9B Guardian drones to India represents a significant shift in U.S. drone export policy. International transfers of drones like...

  By Paul Scharre

• Podcast
  • July 11, 2017
  Drones Podcast Series: Transparency on Use of Drones

  Luke Hartig, a fellow in New America's International Security program, and Loren DeJonge Schulman, a senior fellow at CNAS, discuss transparency on the U.S. use of drones. Hos...

  By Luke Hartig, Loren DeJonge Schulman & Paul Scharre

• Podcast
  • July 8, 2017
  Drones Podcast Series: Emerging Norms

  Rachel Stohl, a senior associate with Stimson Center's Managing Across Boundaries Initiative, joins CNAS' Paul Scharre and Alexandra Sander to discuss emerging norms for drone...

  By Paul Scharre & Alexandra Sander