Pentagon Seeks ‘Ethicist’ to Oversee Military Artificial Intelligence

September 9, 2019

(The Guardian) – Wanted: military “ethicist”. Skills: data crunching, machine learning, killer robots. Must have: cool head, moral compass and the will to say no to generals, scientists and even presidents. The Pentagon is looking for the right person to help it navigate the morally murky waters of artificial intelligence (AI), billed as the battlefield of the 21st century.