"Data Centers Enter the Battlefield. Now What?"
Here are some recommendations I've pulled together from
@icrc.org-assocated sources for tech companies to consider, with the aim of sparing civilians from the dangers of hostilities. open.substack.com/pub/techncon...
Congrats to my ICRC colleague, Edward Gracia, for being the recipient of OAS’s Inter-American Defense Board’s IADB Medal for his work representing the @icrc.org's humanitarian concerns in the Americas region.
Thanks for re-circulating this, @justinhendrix.bsky.social. For those who find themselves working on these issues, my piece (from 2023), offers 8 recommendations for tech companies that are operating in situations of armed conflict. @justsecurity.org @accountabletech.bsky.social
It's a timely moment to re-up this.
Looking forward to today’s panel at #CriticalEffectDC. It promises to be a lively discussion that considers everything from vulnerabilities of local essential services, to the risks of war, to the laws that regulate cyber actors operating in armed conflicts. securityandtechnology.org/critical-eff...
Six months of updates: Cyber successes; autonomous weapons and AI march on; and challenges posed by outer space military operations
open.substack.com/pub/techncon...
The ways militaries are designing & using #AI for #war demonstrates why soldiers must comply with int'l humanitarian law--law governing armed conflict. I had the pleasure of discussing this and other topics with Sanjay Puri on his podcast RegulatingAI. www.youtube.com/watch?v=beGT...
In the latest episode, Intercross (@icrc.org) welcomes back Laura Walker McDonald to help us understand the limits to harmful information online, how harmful information affects communities in conflict and situations of violence, and what we can do about it. blogs.icrc.org/intercross/2...
Israel and the occupied territories: @icrc.org facilitates return of remains, detainees under ceasefire agreement www.icrc.org/en/news-rele...
In an effort to explain the @icrc.org’s work, and the conditions it works in, my colleague Steve Dorsey penned this op-ed: “Hostages, humanity, and hard choices: Defending the Red Cross’s mission in Gaza” www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/33280...
“Hostages need to be released. People in Gaza need respite from violence and access to...humanitarian aid. This all depends on the continuation of the ceasefire agreement" www.icrc.org/en/statement...
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) just issued an AI Policy paper! Very glad to have this in place. blogs.icrc.org/law-and-poli...
How to respond?: Yoshua points to int'l agreements & treaties as ways to moderate behavior. But why would govts be incentivized to limit their sovereignty over AI, he asks? He points to govt fears of loss of human control, and that govts will not want a single entity to abuse the power of AI.
Yoshua raises issues/concerns about the consolidation of power via AI and asks how can that be compatible with democracy and worries that the creation of new weapons could create geopolitical instability. What if AI allows for a geopolitical "power grab"?, he asks. Guardrails can be removed.
AI capabilities are on an exponential rise, with increased collection of data, progress in language, and a big rise in funding. He recalls Turing's word of caution around how humans might control AI systems "smarter than us," but hard to know when/if AGI will arrive.
Kicking off the day listening to @yoshuabengio.bsky.social's welcoming address at MILA's 2-day event on harms and risks of AI in the military. Here's info about the event: harms-risks-ai-military.org.
We're assembling a starter pack of Tech Policy Press contributors on Bluesky! Follow the folks in our community for perspectives on a range of issues at the intersection of technology and democracy!
I've really been enjoying these starter packs as a way to find voices I followed over on the other site and also to find new ones. Here's a short thread of some of the packs I'm following (starting with a work-in-progress @techpolicypress.bsky.social one): bsky.app/profile/tech...
Looking forward to delivering a talk titled: “AI in Armed Conflict: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?” amongst a collection of impressive presenters and participants at
#HRAIM2024. www.harms-risks-ai-military.org
With 120+ armed conflicts worldwide, and as we mark the 75th anniversary of the 4 Geneva Conventions, the ICRC is hosting an event on 26 Nov. on its flagship legal report: “International Humanitarian Law and the Challenges of Contemporary Armed Conflicts." Register👉 www.icrc.org/en/event/eve...
Hi all. I've joined Bluesky (obviously). Good to be with you all. I'm a Legal Advisor at the ICRC's office in D.C., working on emerging tech, urban warfare, and partnered ops. I'm also at technconflict.substack.com.
It was a pleasure speaking with @lawfare.bsky.social about how the laws of war address risks that arise when tech companies offer support to belligerents. A key point: These companies and governments need to talk about these risks with each other with the aim of avoiding harm to civilians.