Abstract

The utilisation of AI in the military domain has generated concern that AI could be integrated into nuclear command, control, and communications (C3) systems. The integration of AI into such systems can help automate its response capacities, possibly reinforcing strategic deterrence, but also raise risks of conflict escalation. This webinar will explore the benefits and risks of using AI in nuclear command and control systems.

This event is part of a series organised by the Military Transformations Programme on emerging issues in military AI.

Speaker

Dr Benjamin Zala is Fellow in the Department of International Relations at the Australian National University.

His work focuses on the politics of the great powers and the management of nuclear weapons. His work has appeared in over a dozen different peer-reviewed journals such as Review of International Studies, Journal of Global Security Studies, Third World Quarterly, The Nonproliferation Review and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

His forthcoming book is Power in International Society: A Perceptual Approach to Great Power Politics (Oxford University Press) and he is the editor of National Perspectives on a Multipolar Order (Manchester University Press, 2021).

He has been a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow in the Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs at Harvard University and has previously held positions at Chatham House and the University of Leicester. He is also currently an Honorary Fellow at the University of Leicester where he contributes to the European Research Council-funded project, Towards a Third Nuclear Age.