That really needs to be discussed. And this would be a good place to to discuss it. Joseph shapiro is Lieutenant Colonel in the us air force. Hes got a ph. D. In philosophy from the university of oxford. His areas of expertise are everything from war theory military ethics especially the ethics of remote and autonomous weapons. Hes a senior pilot with more than 1400 pilot and Instructor Pilot hours and many flown in of major u. S. Combat humanitarian operations. He currently serves on the air force staff, so staffs, Artificial Intelligence, cross functional team. But, you know, the more we see u. S. Military involved in other parts of the world, the more we see the use of drones and other remote weapons. And so now a good time to discuss whether that is moral or. So please join me in welcoming joseph chapter. Thank you, tony, for the kind introduction. Thank you for being here. This is really a privilege. I would be lying if i told you that i expected someday to write a book and to be
But, you know, the more we see u. S. Military involved in other parts of the world, the more we see the use of drones and other remote weapons. And so now a good time to discuss whether that is moral or. So please join me in welcoming joseph chapter. Thank you, tony, for the kind introduction. Thank you for being here. This is really a privilege. I would be lying if i told you that i expected someday to write a book and to be able to talk to folks like you about it. I never thought that was going to be the case. This is really exciting. And to do so at this Historic Place is Something Special for me. Also i would be remiss if i didnt mention that president carter wrote a New York Times op ed in 2012, in which made it very clear that he had qualms about the quote unquote, drone program. And so im excited to bring some of those questions up and maybe hopefully to address some of the concerns that he expressed. So i think ill start by talking about a period of during which i was writing t
Im tony clark from the carter president ial library. And were glad youre here for all of our programs, you know . Several years ago i was watching a helen mirren movie eye in the sky, and its about Decision Making process for a drone strike. And so when i saw joe book is remote warfare moral, it just seemed like the kind of topic that really needs to be discussed. And this would be a good place to to discuss it. Joseph shapiro is Lieutenant Colonel in the us air force. Hes got a ph. D. In philosophy from the university of oxford. His areas of expertise are everything from war theory military ethics especially the ethics of remote and autonomous weapons. Hes a senior pilot with more than 1400 pilot and Instructor Pilot hours and many flown in of major u. S. Combat humanitarian operations. He currently serves on the air force staff, so staffs, Artificial Intelligence, cross functional team. But, you know, the more we see u. S. Military involved in other parts of the world, the more we se
Im tony clark from the carter president ial library. And were glad youre here for all of our programs, you know . Several years ago i was watching a helen mirren movie eye in the sky, and its about Decision Making process for a drone strike. And so when i saw joe book is remote warfare moral, it just seemed like the kind of topic that really needs to be discussed. And this would be a good place to to discuss it. Joseph shapiro is Lieutenant Colonel in the us air force. Hes got a ph. D. In philosophy from the university of oxford. His areas of expertise are everything from war theory military ethics especially the ethics of remote and autonomous weapons. Hes a senior pilot with more than 1400 pilot and Instructor Pilot hours and many flown in of major u. S. Combat humanitarian operations. He currently serves on the air force staff, so staffs, Artificial Intelligence, cross functional team. But, you know, the more we see u. S. Military involved in other parts of the world, the more we se
I mean, its kind of a renaissance, if you will, and a lot of we even have a financial conference. We have the anthem film festival. We started for the first time, the comedy show with john cleese, his daughters performing there. So its pretty unique. And why are you a libertarian. Well, libertarians are socially liberal and, economically conservative. So were not right wing. Were not left wing, which i like. I actually dont really like labels. Freedom fest is called the Worlds Largest gathering of free minds. And so we like think of people here are free mind open. We have a lot of debates both sides the issues theyre formal debates, civil debates. So its not like cnn and fox news or the yelling each other. Of course, they dont do debates anymore. Notice the only guests they have on are saying, yes, tucker i agree with you. You know, come on, lets have a genuine debate like they used to do. The only time you see debates anymore is in congress when somebody has to show up and and you can