People

Robin Geiss

Director, UNIDIR

Worried, week of Oct 19

Capability 3Outlook 2

1 statement over 1 week, last scored in Week 43, last spoke Oct 20.

Where they stand

Against all 33 people scored in Week 44. Bars count people at each score; black is Geiss, the dashed line is the average. Their marker is their Week 43 score.

What they've said

• Tuesday, Oct 20Week 43

  Briefing reporters at UN Headquarters on military AI, Geiss asked Are we going to let machines target and kill human beings? and said AI is on track to crowding out human decision-making in the military sector.

  The director of the UN's disarmament research institute presented a new initiative on military AI. He said geopolitical tensions are serious obstacles to regulating it, while calls for a binding treaty on lethal autonomous weapons are increasingly [finding] an echo across the international community.

  Details and sources

  Mirage News (UN News)