Colonel Dr David Barnes - Chief AI Ethics Officer, US Army - Prof, USMA - Ethics Of War & Emerging Tech

Progress, Potential, and Possibilities

Disclaimer - COL Dr. Barnes’ remarks are personal views and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Defense, the United States Army, the United States Military Academy, or any other department or agency of the United States Government. COL Dr. David Barnes is Professor, United States Military Academy (USMA) and Deputy Head of the Department of English and Philosophy, West Point, NY. COL Dr. Barnes concurrently serves as the Chief AI Ethics Officer for the US Army’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Task Force, advising the Army on incorporating ethics, law, and policy into Army AI design, development, testing, and employment, and in this capacity has provided assistance to the Joint AI Center (JAIC), Defense Innovation Board (DIB), National Security Commission on AI, OSD Autonomy Community of Interest, and others. COL Dr. Barnes' research interests include normative and applied ethics, especially the ethics of war and the ethics of emerging technology. He is a DARPA Senior AI Ethics Advisor, a Senior Advisor for the JAIC Responsible AI Subcommittee, and a Research Fellow at the Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace. COL Dr. Barnes is a member of the Editorial Boards for AI and Ethics and the Journal of Military Ethics, and he serves on the Board of Directors for the International Society for Military Ethics (ISME). COL Dr. Barnes is the author of The Ethics of Military Privatization: The US Armed Contractor Phenomenon.

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