How is tech changing the battlefield, today and tomorrow?

One trend that worries me: less human involvement through autonomous systems, but more civilian involvement through ‘Total Defence’ strategies.

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As technology transforms how wars are fought, civilians risk becoming more exposed than ever. My new blog explores how evolving tools and tactics are blurring lines on the battlefield.
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The increasing occurrence urban warfare is one aspect of a broader trend: the blurring between warfare and civilian life. @2eatsoup.bsky.social writes a great think piece for @icrc.org on how the use of technology is allowing these two spheres to come even closer: blogs.icrc.org/law-and-poli...

When civilians and civilian objects are mobilised it risks blurring lines and can endanger all. Total war & total defence are not new and the risks were as real in the time of Napoleon as they are today.
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Humanity must not be delegated. As militaries adopt and integrate AI, preserving human control and judgment is absolutely essential. #IHL #AIinWar #HumanControl

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Great to see the humanity of human control being reaffirmed - as important at the strategic level as it is for trigger pullers. It also rings true ref the concerns about trust between commanders and their digital subordinates or staff officers.
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Progress! www.ejiltalk.org/the-first-hu...

A timely reminder of the role of commanders and the need to increase the intensity, scope and duration of International Humanitarian Law or LOAC training in the military if it is to have the intended effect. shop.icrc.org/military-tra...

On today's Lawfare Daily, @eugenia.bsky.social spoke to Jonathan Horowitz about how international humanitarian law can affect the private digital sector, the risks that tech companies can face when they provide services to a party in an armed conflict & what they should do to minimize those risks.

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26 November (online) the ICRC’s Chief Legal Officer & Director of Operations will discuss the ICRC's quadrennial report "International Humanitarian Law & the Challenges of Contemporary Armed Conflicts”, with remarks by the ICRC Director General.
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And touched down in the Sea of Tranquility

Could you add me please?

I know they’re just fireworks but I still hate that rapid succession of pops, cracks and thumps, even 20 years later. Got to find myself somewhere quieter for next NYE.

In light of recent reports about the use of AI for targeting this piece might help highlight some issues with that wavellroom.com/2023/11/10/a...