Realities of Autonomous Weapons / OA book from BUP / Hybrid book release with editors & L.Suchman
Jascha bareis
Some of you may be interested in a new edited volume, "The Realities of Autonomous Weapons", published with Bristol University Press, fully OA.
Access here the
table of contents, the artworks and
the book for free:
http://autonomous-weapons-book.com/
What are autonomous weapon systems (AWS) and how is AI used in military contexts? What are the consequences when decision-making and targeting is increasingly automated? In the public debate the answers to these questions often oscillate between current military applications and speculative futures drawn from science fiction.
The book explores how these realities shape and become themselves shaped by popular culture, regulatory and ethics debates, military doctrines, policies and research. It examines phenomena ranging from film and artistic interpretations to warfare scenarios and weaponized artificial intelligence.
-
We also want to invite you to our two book release events.
The first will be held in Bristol (and hybrid) on 10 July, 2025 (see details below); the second will be held at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society in Berlin (HIIG) in October 2025.
HYBRID BOOK
RELEASE @Bristol Futures Institute
The book release event invites the audience to discuss the full scope of this controversial technology, showing how autonomous weapon systems mediate between reality, imagination, possibility and fiction.
WHERE? Bristol Digital Future Institute
WHEN? 10 July,
5pm-7:30 (BST) (hybrid)
WHO?
Panelists
Lucy Suchman
(University of Lancaster / ICRAC)
Thomas Christian Bächle (Humboldt
Institute for Internet and Society
Berlin)
Jascha Bareis (Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology / Université de Fribourg)
Moderator: Ola Michalec (University of
Bristol)
HOW?: You will receive your free ticket and hybrid link with registering under.
All the best,
Jascha Bareis and Thomas C. Bächle
Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft gGmbH
Französische Straße 9 · 10117 Berlin
T +49 30 200 760 82 · F +49 30 206 089 60 · www.hiig.de · Bluesky · Instagram · LinkedIn
Forschungsdirektorium: Prof. Dr. Jeanette Hofmann (Geschäftsführung) · Prof. Dr. Björn Scheuermann · Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Schildhauer · Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz | Geschäftsführung: Dr. Karina Preiß