<p>The use of Artificial Intelligence by militaries used to be talked about in the abstract, but during the US and Israel’s strikes on Iran we’ve seen it used in real time. So what happens when you have robots who can make battlefield decisions quicker than the speed of thought? And what made the Trump administration fall out with one of the world’s leading AI companies?</p><br><p>Our listener survey is live - find it&nbsp;<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczk4LY_HDZY6AcoHXJY3zUb58vU7AE91hUmhPIFkaZH2f3PQ/viewform" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: </em><a href="http://thetimes.com/thestory" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>http://thetimes.com/thestory</em></a></p><br><p><strong>Guest: </strong>David Leslie, Professor of ethics, technology and society in the Digital Environment Research Institute at Queen Mary University of London.</p><p><strong>Host:</strong> Rosie Wright.</p><p><strong>Producers: </strong>Harry Stott, Sophie McNulty.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>We want to hear from you - email:</strong> <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><p><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://www.thetimes.com/world/middle-east/article/palantir-ai-software-us-iran-war-lwld892z9?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqe3vinACkupySf7Jwj0jGYFWjMmJsKZMUi0MdiHzavpxqWTrAd9D8W1j-UDgKY%3D&amp;gaa_ts=69a843ec&amp;gaa_sig=Y5wHfrnFK0EBUyvV9ckuZPOiw670t-lXoZyZWDdmZqg_6nh3yW9HkM9PhQs4DpWtxVNnpXhN6MW6CcZAyDfZvg%3D%3D" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How AI helps 20 US troops do the work of 2,000 in Iran war</a></p><p><strong>Further listening: </strong><a href="https://shows.acast.com/dannyinthevalley/episodes/anthropic-vs-white-house-how-ai-is-changing-war" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Anthropic vs Pentagon: How AI is changing war</a></p><p><strong>Clips:</strong> Fox, CBS News, Reuters.</p><p><strong>Photo:</strong> Getty Images.</p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism&nbsp;subscribe&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.thetimes.com/subscribe/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>here</em></a><em>.</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>