Drones, Killer Robots and Push-Button Wars

This event occurred on:  Roger Berkowitz speaks with Peter Asaro.

Peter Asaro is Assistant Professor; Director of Graduate Programs at the New School in New York City. He is a media theorist whose work combines science and technology studies and media theory to examine the social, cultural, political, legal and ethical dimensions of robotics as media, with a special interest in military robotics and UAV drones. As Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control (www.icrac.net), he works on the human rights issues surrounding targeted killing by drones, and arms control issues for autonomous lethal robotics. Dr. Asaro’s research has been published in international peer reviewed journals and edited volumes, and he is currently writing a book that interrogates the intersections between military technology, automation, interface design practices and video game culture.

Cocktails at 6:30 pm
Discussion at 7:00 pm

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