The Centaur's Dilemma with Judge James Baker (Part 2‪)‬ National Security Law Today

In Part 2 of their discussion on the risks and benefits of AI in national security, hosts Elisa and Yvette chat with James Baker about the future of AI policy. What is the appropriate level of human control in different AI contexts? Where are we with autonomous weapons applications? And what critical AI conversations do lawyers and policy makers need right now? James Baker covers all this and more in his recent book, The Centaur’s Dilemma: National Security Law for the Coming AI Revolution.

Hon. James E Baker is the Director of the Institute of Security Policy and Law at Syracuse University:
law.syr.edu/profile/the-hon.-james-e.-baker

More on The Centaur’s Dilemma: National Security Law for the Coming AI Revolution:
www.brookings.edu/book/the-centaurs-dilemma/

To order The Centaur’s Dilemma directly:
www.amazon.com/Centaurs-Dilemma-…ion/dp/0815737998

References:

The Law of Armed Conflict
https://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/pdf/LOAC-Deskbook-2015.pdf

Article 36 of the 1977 Additional Protocol I to the 1949 Geneva Conventions:
https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/4e473c7bc8854f2ec12563f60039c738/feb84e9c01ddc926c12563cd0051daf7

The Defense Production Act:
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title50/chapter55&edition=prelim

James Baker, “A DPA for the 21st Century: Securing America’s AI National Security Innovation Base” CSET. April 2021
https://cset.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/CSET-A-DPA-for-the-21st-Century-1.pdf

The Invention Secrecy Act:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/35/181

Kashmir Hill, “Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm.” New York Times. June 2020.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/technology/facial-recognition-arrest.html