{"630214":{"#nid":"630214","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Professor Participates in Track II Discussions on AI and Nuclear Weapons in Moscow","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENunn School Associate Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/kosal\u0022\u003EMargaret E Kosal\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;participated in Track II discussions on nuclear weapons in Moscow, Russia from Dec. 10-11, 2019.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe dialogues were organized by the D.C.-based \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.csis.org\/programs\/russia-and-eurasia-program\u0022\u003ECenter for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)\u003C\/a\u003E in partnership with the Moscow-based \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.pircenter.org\/en\/\u0022\u003EPIR Center\u003C\/a\u003E. This meeting was the first of new U.S.-Russia Track II dialogue on \u0026ldquo;Reducing Nuclear Risks During Great Power Competition\u0026rdquo; with a small number of invited Russian and American experts in arms control, strategic stability, and nuclear security.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKosal (pictured second from right) was asked to contribute on the impact of artificial intelligence, robotics, and associated emerging technologies on strategic stability as part of dialogue on \u0026ldquo;New Dimensions for Risk Reduction.\u0026rdquo; Kosal spoke about\u0026nbsp;how current and potential future proliferation of\u0026nbsp;artificial intelligence, such\u0026nbsp;as machine learning, swarms,\u0026nbsp;deep fakes, and other AI, could increase nuclear risks;\u0026nbsp;the need to be conscious of hype and countermeasures;\u0026nbsp;and some ways these issues might addressed.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe event was supported by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency\u0026rsquo;s (DTRA) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usafa.edu\/research\/research-centers\/institute-national-security-studies\/project-advanced-systems-concepts-countering\/\u0022\u003EProject on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction\u003C\/a\u003E (PASCC).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENunn School Associate Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/kosal\u0022\u003EMargaret E Kosal\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;participated in Track II discussions on nuclear weapons in Moscow, Russia on 10 and\u0026nbsp;11 December, 2019.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Margaret E. Kosal discussed Artificial Intelligence and strategic stability in Moscow."}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2019-12-18 20:09:06","changed_gmt":"2020-01-06 17:36:18","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-12-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-12-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"630213":{"id":"630213","type":"image","title":"Track II Nuclear Discussions in Moscow","body":null,"created":"1576699006","gmt_created":"2019-12-18 19:56:46","changed":"1576699006","gmt_changed":"2019-12-18 19:56:46","alt":"","file":{"fid":"239993","name":"Kosal_PIR Center CSIS Track II group_Dec2019.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Kosal_PIR%20Center%20CSIS%20Track%20II%20group_Dec2019.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Kosal_PIR%20Center%20CSIS%20Track%20II%20group_Dec2019.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":400760,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Kosal_PIR%20Center%20CSIS%20Track%20II%20group_Dec2019.jpg?itok=BcVkO1bP"}}},"media_ids":["630213"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"4034","name":"margaret kosal"},{"id":"10536","name":"Nunn School"},{"id":"2835","name":"ai"},{"id":"183359","name":"strategic stability"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39481","name":"National Security"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}