Kyiv Polytechnic students participate in workshop on AI in robotic systems
The Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute held a workshop under the theme “AI in Robotic Systems for Defence Applications,” organised in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
In particular, 32 students from the Institute for Applied System Analysis, the Faculty of Informatics and Computer Engineering, and the Faculty of Sociology and Law (FSL), together with ICRC experts, worked on software solutions that comply with the rules of international humanitarian law (IHL).
Following introductory lectures, student teams developed concepts of robotic systems and presented them to the experts.
Among the key issues the participants explored were whether an algorithm may make decisions in place of a human, and when this becomes unacceptable; how to retain human control over AI systems; how cyber operations fall under the purview of IHL; and where the line should be drawn in relation to developer’s liability for the consequences of an algorithm’s operation.
To see how the students of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute learned to harmonise cutting-edge technologies with the IHL rules, watch a two-minute video from the workshop here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQhVS2rrp68
