Artificial Intelligence (AI) is essential for a technologically advanced and future-proof military. At the same time, it brings dilemmas and risks if the deployment of AI leads to lack of human control, or to escalation of violence. The Netherlands, together with South Korea, is therefore organizing an international conference on the responsible development and deployment of AI within the military domain.
The international meeting, the REAIM Summit, will be held at the World Forum in The Hague on February 15-16, 2023. The aim is to agree on an international agenda with a broad group of stakeholders, as a starting point for further international discussions and concrete follow-up steps on the responsible application of AI in the military context. For this occasion, government representatives, academics, industry, think tanks and civil society from around the world will come together.
Participants will receive a highly diverse program before them, featuring leading experts in the field of AI in the military domain. The plenary opening of the conference will be hosted by the Dutch Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense. As a common thread, a fictional scenario designed especially for the REAIM Summit will be shown here. This scenario provides the occasion for discussions with high-level experts on topics such as reliability and explainability, as well as accountability and the international agreements that apply from the use of AI in the military domain.
The two-day program is further rich with more than 35 breakout sessions, workshops, interviews, talk shows, an academic forum and a student hub. In addition, there will be a Responsible Innovation Hub, where several dozen companies will demonstrate products and explain how they are collaborating on responsible AI development and innovation. On the second day of the REAIM Summit, government representatives will gather, to comment on concrete further steps on this topic.
