David Ignatius, a national-security commentator, sponsored a Washington Post Live event on the “Digital Transformation of the Military” on Veterans Day. It was sponsored by Raytheon, a major military contractor, but it was the most evident and least suspicious aspect of the whole thing. A prominent Washington consultant and two of her clients took the stage. Ignatius moderated a discussion on military technology with Michèle Flournoy, a co-founder of the consulting firm WestExec Advisors and a former Obama Defense Department official. She talked with former Google executive Eric Schmidt, and Brandon Tseng of the drone firm Shield AI was the following speaker. The panelists discussed the impact of artificial intelligence on combat, competitiveness with China, and new technologies that are pushing the boundaries.
Source: https://prospect.org/power/killer-robots-and-conflicts-of-interest/
