Podcast host and member of the Leiden Security and Global Affairs Blog team, Jake Wright, sits down with Tim Wuisman and guest Matthijs Maas from the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk to discuss the challenges and potentials for governing artificial intelligence and autonomous weapon systems.

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Recommended readings:

• Chavannes, E., Klonowska, K., and Sweijs, T. (2020). Governing Autonomous Weapon Systems: Expanding the Solution Space, from Scoping to Applying. HCSS Security, 39. https://hcss.nl/sites/default/files/files/reports/HCSS%20Governing%20AWS%20final.pdf

• Deeks, A. (2020) Coding the Law of Armed Conflict: First Steps. In Waxman, M. C. (ed.) The Law of Armed Conflict in 2040. New York: Oxford University Press.

• Hao, K. (June 25, 2020). Human Rights Activists Want to Use AI to Help Prove War Crimes in Court. MIT Technology Review. https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/25/1004466/ai-could-help-human-rights-activists-prove-war-crimes/.

• Hayward, Keith J, and Maas, M. M. (2020). Artificial Intelligence and Crime: A Primer for Criminologists. Crime, Media, Culture, , 1741659020917434. https://doi.org/10.1177/1741659020917434.
• Kallenborn, Z. (2020). Are Drone Swarms Weapons of Mass Destruction? The Counterproliferation Papers, Future Warfare Series No. 60. U.S. Air Force Center for Strategic Deterrence Studies. https://media.defense.gov/2020/Jun/29/2002331131/-1/-1/0/60DRONESWARMS-MONOGRAPH.PDF.
  
• Leys, N. (2020) Autonomous Weapon Systems, International Crises, and Anticipatory Self-Defense. The Yale Journal of International Law 45, no. 2 (2020): 377–411.
• Mittelsteadt, M. (2021). AI Verification: Mechanisms to Ensure AI Arms Control Compliance. Center for Security and Emerging Technology. https://live-cset-georgetown.pantheonsite.io/research/ai-verification/.
• National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence. (2021). Final Report. https://www.nscai.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Full-Report-Digital-1.pdf.