Deadline extended for applications research positions in ethics and law of military AI

Due to the difficult conditions resulting from the coronavirus outbreak, T.M.C. Asser Instituut is extending the deadline for applications for two research positions for its NWO-MVI funded interdisciplinary research project DILEMA on Designing International Law and Ethics into Military Artificial Intelligence. The new deadline for applications is April 15 2020.

We are currently looking for:

1. A PhD candidate in Public International Law with a focus on law and technologies in the military context
   Full-time (38 hours per week)
   Starting date: September 1 2020
   Please click here for the full vacancy text.
   Deadline applications: April 15 2020

2. And a Post-Doctoral researcher with a focus on philosophy and ethics of technologies in the military context
   Full-time (38 hours per week)
   Starting date: September 1 2020
   Please click here for the full vacancy text.
   Deadline applications: April 15 2020 

Ethical, legal and technical dimensions of AI technologies in the military

The DILEMA project explores the conditions and modalities that would allow to leverage the potential benefits of AI technologies in the military while abiding by the rule of law and ethical values. An interdisciplinary research team will work in dialogue and together with partners to address the ethical, legal, and technical dimensions of the project.

The research team will investigate why it is essential to safeguard human agency over certain functions and activities, where it is most critical to maintain the role of human agents in order to ensure legal compliance and accountability, and how to technically ensure that military technologies are designed and deployed in line with ethical and legal frameworks. Please find more information about the project here.

Further reading

‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere. The technology is advancing fast and policy makers who are concerned with responsible innovation need to catch up and take ownership of the topic,’ says Asser Institute senior researcher Dr Berenice Boutin, who recently won an NWO research grant to look into the ethical and lawful uses of military AI. Click here to read an interview with Boutin about AI and the need of making sure that technology is developed in accordance with our legal systems and human rights. ‘Now is the moment to govern and regulate AI’.