Age of AI

Medlir and Chris talk to Marwa Fatafta, a Palestian digital rights activist, about her work as a digital activist in Palestine and how digital technologies are harnessed against civil society. Young Diogenes also explains the nuts-and-bolts of spyware.https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/statement-report/statement-targeting-palestinian-hrds-pegasushttps://www.accessnow.org/women-human-rights-defenders-pegasus-attacks-bahrain-jordan/https://www.nsogroup.com/https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/01/26/interview-phone-hrw-director-attacked-using-pegasus-spywareSend us a text

Medlir and Chris have a discussion with Dr. Daphné Richemond-Barak of IDC Herzliya-Israel, about: the evolving role of tunnels in warfare, the importance of international humanitarian law, the Abraham Accords, and whether AI-enabled defense systems like Israel's Iron Dome should be emulated or regulated alongside other Autonomous Weapons Systems. Meanwhile, Young Diongenes shares what some of the consequences may be for AIs 'mastering' the human game of hide & seek.Links:https://lieber.westpoint.edu/technology-humanity-end-war/https://www.idc.ac.il/en/_layouts/15/elad.sps.idc.sprint4/pages/handler.aspx?type=publication&publicationId=4679&userName=barak.daphnehttps://cset.georgetown.edu/newsletter/september-23-2021https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/the-idf-and-the-ai-game-changer-674636https://www.inss.org.il/publication/artificial-intelligence-and-national-security-in-israelhttps://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/11/israel-joins-international-artificial-intelligence-grouphttps://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/The-first-AI-conflict-Israel-s-Gaza-operation-gives-glimpse-of-futureSend us a text

Description: Medlir and Chris discuss with Gloria Shkurti Özdemir of Turkey-based think-tank SETA, Turkey's ambitious plans for the development and export of AI-enabled military hardware in light of the country's recently announced 5 year strategy. Ismail al-Jaazari, a 12th century Muslim scholar, inventor, artist, and mathematician credited with being the father of robotics, and Ada Lovelace, a gifted 19th century mathematician and the world's 'first computer programmer', make a joint appearance in our segment with Young Diogenes.https://cbddo.gov.tr/SharedFolderServer/Genel/File/TR-NationalAIStrategy2021-2025.pdfhttps://politicstoday.org/turkeys-uav-breakthrough-creates-another-path-to-mena/https://www.dailysabah.com/business/tech/turkey-rolls-out-strategic-artificial-intelligence-road-maphttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/ismail-al-jazari-muslim-inventor-called-father-roboticshttps://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/ada-lovelace-the-first-tech-visionarySend us a text

Medlir, Chris, and YD discuss some of the major developments in AI for IR during the past year (and other delightful tangents).https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2021/06/south-korea-add-robots-rails-and-ai-surveillance-dmz-border/174734/https://www.the-good-ai.com/https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/02/24/1014369/10-breakthrough-technologies-2021/ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ai-will-have-a-bigger-impact-than-fire-says-google-boss-sundar-pichai-rk8bdst7rhttps://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/29/americas/xenobots-self-replicating-robots-scn/index.htmlhttps://www.popsci.com/science/xenobots-synthetic-life-form-reproduce/ https://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/offices/china/news/2021/news_0037.htmlhttps://www.unicef.org/globalinsight/policy-guidance-ai-children-pilot-testing-and-case-studies#https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1IcaBn3ej0  https://bdtechtalks.com/2019/09/23/openai-hide-and-seek-reinforcement-learning/ https://prolearn.mit.edu/ai-automation-enterprise https://www.bnymellon.com/us/en/insights/all-insights/artificial-intelligence-sweeps-hedge-funds.html https://whisper.ai/  https://t.co/FETD3hDjNQ  https://youtu.be/HrpsLvfmUb0?t=39  Send us a text

Medlir and Chris explore China’s approach to AI governance and innovation with our guest Chen Dingding in a conversation that touches on a number of topics from US-China relations and tech competition to AI governance. While YD ask questions about what the term Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) means, and whether the substrate (biological, silicon, etc.) on which AI runs is likely to affect the ability to truly achieve the AGI that many people imagine. Links:https://thediplomat.com/2019/03/chinas-2019-two-sessions-and-the-statement-of-artificial-intelligence-ambitions/https://thediplomat.com/2021/04/should-the-west-fear-chinas-increasing-role-in-technical-standard-setting/https://flia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/A-New-Generation-of-Artificial-Intelligence-Development-Plan-1.pdfhttps://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/11/can-china-and-europe-find-common-ground-on-ai-ethics/#:~:text=Whereas%20the%20Chinese,of%20certain%20peoplehttps://cset.georgetown.edu/publication/harnessed-lightning/https://www-pre.baai.ac.cn/news/beijing-ai-principles-en.htmlhttps://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3111120/surveillance-china-artist-who-hides-security-cameras-beijinghttps://medium.com/rs21/the-pursuit-of-artificial-intelligence-and-the-ethical-frameworks-it-demands-40f66abec42ahttps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/chinese-room/ Send us a text

Medlir and Chris discuss a wide range of topics with Eugenio V. Garcia.  The discussion ranges from: AI militarization and the Global South, efforts to regulate AI by international organizations, to recent developments in AI regulation in Brazil. Meanwhile YD ponders the latest developments in what wearable digital technologies could mean for our digital lives, privacy, and social fragmentation, with a brief look at Facebook/Meta's new "Ray-Ban Stories" smart glasses, and Intel Labs' "Enhancing Photorealism Enhancement”. Links:https://eugeniovargasgarcia.academia.eduhttps://theunbrief.substack.com/p/interview-with-deputy-consul-generalhttps://www.technologyreview.com/2021/09/15/1035785/why-facebook-ray-ban-stories-metaverse/https://isl-org.github.io/PhotorealismEnhancement/Send us a text

Medlir and Chris discuss the opportunities and challenges of AI and emerging tech Southeast Asia, tech competition, and regional digital governance with Mark Manantan, while YD and the team ponder what Dune tells us about our future.Links:https://thediplomat.com/2020/10/mind-the-gap-how-southeast-asia-can-make-the-ai-leap/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumental_convergenceSend us a text

Medlir and Chris discuss innovation, Sino-US tech competition, and AI governance in China with Emily Weinstein. While YD raises the question of whether top down or bottom up incentives are 'better' and the role of government in technology innovation.Send us a text

Medlir and Chris speak with Leonid Kovachich to discuss Russia’s approach to AI and emerging technology (with YD asking a couple questions about Privacy, Data Governance, and further improving audit trails in the age of AI).Links:https://carnegie.ru/2021/04/21/digital-authoritarianism-with-russian-characteristics-pub-84346https://www.ifri.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nocetti_russia_artificial_intelligence_2020.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0030438720300648https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/08/30/1033941/afghanistan-biometric-databases-us-military-40-data-points https://www.csoonline.com/article/3318238/the-opm-hack-explained-bad-security-practices-meet-chinas-captain-america.html Send us a text

Medlir, Chris and YD discuss highlights from our first season.Send us a text