Many U.S. military establishment bigwigs are pushing the development of automated and autonomous weapons systems. Roberto González questions whether this robo-fanaticism, as he calls it, is justified. He also describes efforts to address human warfighters’ distrust of machines. (Encore presentation.) Roberto J. González, War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future University of … Continued


Guest: James N. Green is the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Professor of Latin American History and the author or co-author of several books on History of Brazil and Latin America, including his latest Brazil: Five Centuries of Change.  He is the Director of the Opening the Archives Project, the National Co-Coordinator of the US Network for … Continued