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5 August 2021 – By Andrew Dolan Its that time of the year again when the international community gets together to discuss the potential impact of lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS).

27 May 2021 – by Andrew Dolan The frenzy of hyperbolic claims about the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on our lives and society in general has abated somewhat.  It would be unfair to hint that we are entering another AI ‘winter’ but it would also be unfair to criticize those who suggest that there has been a slow down of sorts in AI’s inexorable march to the future.

9 April 2021 – by Andrew Dolan I had the opportunity this morning to listen to a healthy debate on the question of so-called ‘Covid Passports’.  At one end, you had a commentator urging the introduction of such a tool:  if the requirement to carry personal data concerning your current health status not only ensured access to public spaces but also helped society avoid damaging ‘lock-downs’, then this was a price worth paying, he argued.  At the other end of the spectrum, you…

30 July 2020 by Andrew Dolan It’s fair to say that proponents of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in its broadest sense will have been encouraged by the various references as to how AI has contributed to the global effort to combat the coronavirus.