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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>For anyone interested.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>The Science and Ethics of Autonomous Warfare</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Thursday, February 29, 2024 | 7-8:30pm</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020'>_______________________________________________________________</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:381.75pt'><td valign=top style='padding:7.0pt 7.0pt 7.0pt 7.0pt;height:381.75pt;overflow:hidden'><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:346.5pt'><td valign=top style='padding:0in 7.0pt 0in 7.0pt;height:346.5pt;overflow:hidden'><p style='margin:0in'><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSck4nU0Cx2369wWUyF_3W-VjNkPiNMQJzaOpbkEO3_W6auzKA/viewform"><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>Register here</span></a><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222'>: Join the Kimball Smith Series for a moderated panel and subsequent small group discussions on the topic of autonomy and artificial intelligence in warfare. The panel will feature </span><a href="https://seas.yale.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/ian-abraham"><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>Ian Abraham</span></b></a><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222'> (Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science at Yale and leader of the Intelligent Autonomy Lab) and </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-butera-15097513/"><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>Michael Butera</span></b></a><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222'> ( Policy Advisor in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs at the U.S. Department of State). The event will cover key scientific concepts behind the design, development, and deployment of autonomous weapon systems, as well as the ethical, diplomatic, and regulatory dimensions of autonomy and artificial intelligence in warfare. Yale community members of all disciplines and levels of expertise are encouraged to attend.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#500050'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Program partners:</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#500050'> </span><a href="https://jackson.yale.edu/iss/"><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>International Security Studies</span></a><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#500050'>, </span><a href="https://cpsc.yale.edu/"><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>Department of Computer Science</span></a><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#500050'>, </span><a href="https://politicalscience.yale.edu/"><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>Department of Political Science</span></a><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#500050'>, </span><a href="https://physics.yale.edu/"><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>Department of Physics</span></a><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#500050'>, </span><a href="https://wlab.yale.edu/"><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>Wright Laboratory</span></a><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#500050'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>February 29, 2024 | 7-8:30 PM</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>GM Room, Horchow Hall</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>55 Hillhouse Ave, New Haven, CT</span><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#500050'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center'><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSck4nU0Cx2369wWUyF_3W-VjNkPiNMQJzaOpbkEO3_W6auzKA/viewform"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>Register for in-person event</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center'><a href="https://kimballsmithseries.yale.edu/"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>Learn about the Kimball Smith Series</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Matt Mitchell<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>