What are the dangers of artificial intelligence?

• Parliament TV: Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence
• Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence

Witnesses

Tuesday 28 November in Committee Room 4A, Palace of Westminster

At 3.30pm

• Dr Mark Briers, Strategic Programme Director for Defence and Security, The Alan Turing Institute
• Professor Chris Hankin, Co-Director, Institute for Security Science and Technology, Imperial College London

At 4.30pm

• Professor Noel Sharkey, Emeritus Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics and Public Engagement, University of Sheffield, Co-Director, Foundation for Responsible Robotics, Chair International Committee for Robot Arms Control, and spokesperson for the Campaign against Killer Robots.
• Major Kitty McKendrick, Visiting Fellow, Chatham House
• Dr Alvin Wilby, Vice President Research, Technical and Innovation, Thales Group

Areas of discussion

• Which type of applications of AI are more vulnerable to cyberattacks?
• Are AI researchers aware of how their research might be misused?
• Once the General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Bill have come into force, will the law be able to adequately prosecute those who misuse AI for criminal purposes?
• Should adversarial AI attacks be taken into account when developing new AI applications? Will mandatory regimes of stress-tested or penetration testing be required?
• How might the use of AI in military applications change the nature of warfare?
• Are non-state actors or rogue states like to use lethal autonomous or semi-autonomous AI applications?
• Can civilian AI applications be easily converted to military or offensive purposes?
• What ethical principles should companies developing AI systems for military and security applications use?
• Should the UK Government consider restricting the sale or export of particular AI systems for military applications?

Further information

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