The document outlines a stakeholder exercise to debate investing in and regulating emerging military technologies such as cyber insects, telepathic helmets, and lethal autonomous robots. It provides background information and suggested goals for different stakeholders including a congressional representative, military commander, soldier, parent of a soldier, private citizen, weapons contractor lobbyist, scientific advisor, UN representative, and weapons manufacturing firm lobbyist. The stakeholders will debate each technology considering implications for military effectiveness, civil adoption, and social/cultural effects, with the goal of reaching a consensus policy.
2. Exercise
• Debate and decide whether to invest in
and/or regulate the following technologies
– Cyber insects
– Telepathic helmets– Telepathic helmets
– Lethal autonomous robots
• Make sure to consider all three levels of
potential implications:
– Level I = Military effectiveness
– Level II = Adoption in civil society
– Level III = Social and cultural effects
3. Roles
• Congressional representative, i.e. Speaker of the House
• Military commander, i.e. Chairperson of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff
• Soldier deployed in a war zone
• Parent of a deployed soldier• Parent of a deployed soldier
• Private citizen
• Lobbyist for a private military contractor, i.e. Xe (formerly
Blackwater) or Dyncorp
• Scientific advisor to Congress
• UN representative
• Lobbyist for military manufacturing firms (Boston Dynamics,
Foster-Miller, General Atomics, Northrop-Grumman, etc.)
4. Roles
• The following slides provide a starting point
for discussion
• The goals listed for each role are not meant to
be comprehensivebe comprehensive
• You should feel free introduce your own
viewpoints regarding more complex
stakeholder goals
5.
6. Congressional Representative
• Goals
– Get re-elected
– Make laws that have wide appeal
– Provide for the common defense– Provide for the common defense
– Preserve a high standard of living for constituents
7. Congressional Representative
• The Congressional Representative will also
serve as the mediator of this discussion
• You must reach a consensus regarding
investment and regulation on each militaryinvestment and regulation on each military
technology
– Develop technology for military use?
– Develop technology for civil use?
– Prohibit development for civil use?
– Prohibit development for military use?
– More complex policy?
8. Congressional Representative
• One possible approach for the debate:
– Set up a time limit for each technology
– Begin each topic by asking for an opening
statement from each of the stakeholdersstatement from each of the stakeholders
– Then try to propose a solution to achieve
consensus (or one that would pass with a majority
vote)
9.
10. Military Commander
• Goals:
– Accomplish mission
– Maintain and improve war-fighting capability
– Respect the laws of war such as the Geneva– Respect the laws of war such as the Geneva
Conventions
11.
12. Soldier Deployed in a War Zone
• Goals
– Complete missions successfully
– Come home safely
13.
14. Parent of a Deployed Soldier
• Goals
– See soldier come home safely
– Live in a safe and secure environment
– Enjoy a high standard of living– Enjoy a high standard of living
15.
16. Private Citizen
• Goals
– Live in a safe and secure environment
– Enjoy a high standard of living
– Retain civil rights– Retain civil rights
• Freedom of speech, religion, and peaceful assembly
• Right to bear arms
• Freedom from unreasonable search and seizure
• Right to due process
– Enjoy personal privacy
17.
18. Lobbyist for a Private Military
Contractor
• Goals
– Maintain and improve war-fighting capability
– Protect and expand streams of revenue
– Protect assets (i.e., employees)– Protect assets (i.e., employees)
22. Scientific Advisor
• Goals: Scientific
– Attempt to project the Level I, II, and III impacts of
the technology
– Remain objective– Remain objective
– Preserve opportunities for research funding
– Maintain a good reputation among peers
• Goals: Personal
– Live in a safe and secure environment
– Enjoy a high standard of living
– Enjoy personal privacy
