Kimberly Adams

We are back with Professor Sarah Kreps.

I know it's pretty early in this shift, but is there a sense about whether drone warfare reduces or increases civilian casualties in warfare?

You know, since you mentioned sort of intelligence gathering and reconnaissance, this brings into the conversation of drone warfare, artificial intelligence.

And, you know, we just had this big conflict here in the United States between Anthropic and the Pentagon over how the Pentagon would be able to use its technology and OpenAI stepped in where Anthropic stepped back.

How are advancements in AI shifting the landscape when it comes to drone warfare?

How do you think the widespread use of drones is right now and in the future going to impact how fast conflicts escalate and how fast they spread to other places?

Well, thank you so much.

I really appreciate your time today.

Dr. Sarah Kreps is director of the Tech Policy Institute at the Cornell Brooks School of Public Policy and author of the book, Drones, What Everyone Needs to Know.

Thank you for making us smart about this topic.

Thank you for having me.

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