WarPod #16 Autonomous Refusal in Lethal Weapons w/ Arthur Holland Michel

In this episode of the WarPod, journalist Arthur Holland Michel discusses his new essay, "Autonomous Refusal in Lethal Weapons", with Oscar Noach. Arthur's essay explores the capacity of computational systems to decline commands - "refusal" - within the context of autonomous weapons and other artificial intelligence (AI)- enabled military systems. Read the essay here: https://www.sdu.dk/en/forskning/forskningsenheder/samf/cws/cws-activities/2026/autonomous-refusal-in-lethal-weapns The essay is published in collaboration with the European Research Council (ERC)-funded and CWS-hosted project “Weaponised Artificial Intelligence, Norms and Order”(AutoNorms). Cover photo by SrA Matt Porter, identified by DVIDS. The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoW) visual information does not imply or constitute DoW endorsement Music by Dvir Silver from Pixabay