'We're in unprecedented times.'

🎥 ⏪ Rewinding to #SXSW2024 , where FLI's Anthony Aguirre joined Frances Haugen, Jeffrey Ladish & @EmKSchwartz for a panel on how lessons learned from developments such as nuclear and social media can help us limit societal harms & risks from AI. ⬇️

'Stepping out of an arms race requires courage and foresight. We have done it before, and we can do it again.'

From the opening of proceedings at the historic Vienna Conference on Autonomous Weapons #AWS2024 yesterday, here's FLI co-founder Jaan Tallinn's full keynote speech ⬇️

#AWS2024Vienna

An early history lesson about the unintended consequences of #autonomousweapons

'AI can be a tool, but tools are only valuable as long as they are predictable and can be controlled.'

📹 From FLI and Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn's keynote speech at the Vienna Conference on Autonomous Weapons Systems earlier today #AWS2024 :

Keeping it legal to sell ever-more-powerful #slaughterbots globally is such a dumb idea that most nations are discussing a treaty in Vienna today. I love Jaan Tallinn's opening speech: #AWS2024Vienna

📸 Costa Rica’s Foreign Minister @ArnoldoAndre joined us at #AWS2024 for a pre-conference interview on autonomous weapons systems and 🇨🇷’s role in advocating for their restriction.

⏪ Last year Costa Rica held the first ever regional conference on autonomous weapons, convening…

Some highlights from the second #AWS2024Vienna high-level panel, “Geopolitics and machine politics: How to move forward on AWS?”👇

One of the key themes expressed by all five panellists: it’s time to negotiate a legally-binding instrument.

➡️ “We have to let go of the excuse…