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Over the last decade, artificial intelligence has advanced autonomous weapons and robotic warfare to an unprecedented level, which is observable already in real-world military conflicts. Will the developments in this area be the final thread to mankind? Join us on campus for a public screening of the award-winning full-length documentary ‘Flash Wars’ and an in-person panel discussion with its director Daniel Andrew Wunderer right afterwards.
About the documentary: What recently sounded like science fiction is now reality. Killer robots and kamikaze drones are pushing the military and police. Artificial intelligence controls drones in the war in Ukraine, lets robot dogs patrol the streets of New York and hacks into our heads via the internet. But where will this lead if AI becomes the world’s most important weapon? Is there a threat of loss of control? A roboticist, a hacker and a soldier tell their personal stories of how man and machine are already fighting the wars of the future.
About the director: Filmmaker Daniel Andrew Wunderer was born in the UK, but grew up in South Tyrol, near the border between Italy and Austria. He studied Screenwriting, History, Media & Communication in Austria, Italy, Germany, Finland and the UK. He worked on several documentaries and feature films, before starting to write and direct his own stories. Daniel lives in Vienna, Austria.
