Events and sessions
Currently, the sessions of the reading group take place every other Friday at 16:00 at Mila. Occasionally, we also host certain sessions at other time slots.
By attending the sessions of the reading group, participants are requested to follow the Berlin Code of Conduct.
Coming up
Invited speaker: Sonja Solomun, Climate obstruction and the politics of AI
May 20, 2026In the past
The list of past events is still incomplete. In the meantime, you can see the complete list of past sessions on the previous page of the Against Military AI Reading Group.
Invited speaker: David Gray Widder, How to blow up an AI supply chain: work in progress
April 10, 2026Irresponsible AI
March 20, 2026Invited speakers: Rashid Mushkani and Hugo Berard, The Right to AI
February 20, 2026Military AI research funding
February 6, 2026Invited speaker: Paul Schütze, The Problem of Sustainable AI
December 17, 2025Reclaiming Epistemic Diversity
November 19, 2025AI, capitalism and big tech
November 7, 2025The role of scientists in climate action
October 24, 2025Human rights in Palestine and Canada’s implication
September 12, 2025Military Funds, Moral Demands
June 27, 2025Responsible AI licenses
June 13, 2025- Website Responsible AI Licenses (RAIL)
- FAccT 2022 paper Behavioral Use Licensing for Responsible AI
- arXiv paper On the Standardization of Behavioral Use Clauses and Their Adoption for Responsible Licensing of AI
- Blog post Responsible AI licenses: a practical tool for implementing the OECD Principles for Trustworthy AI
- Slides Presentation by Marwa El Halabi
Exploring roles for technology in radical theories of change
May 30, 2025This is a special session because instead of hosting a discussion at Mila, we invite all participants to attend the workshop organised by some of our friends at The Great Transition Conference.
The Values Encoded in Machine Learning Research
May 16, 2025Introduction of the Critical Science Reading Group & Decolonial AI
May 2, 2025Montreal Responsible AI Declaration
May 31, 2024This is a special session with Marc-Antoine Dilhac, lead author of Montreal Responsible AI Declaration, as guest speaker.
Diplomatic Process on Autonomous Weapons Systems, Challenges, and Opportunities
May 13, 2024This is a special session with two guest speakers, Wanda Muñoz and Gisela Lujan Andrade.
Deep Fakes in the Military
May 3, 2024- Article Do deepfake videos undermine our epistemic trust? A thematic analysis of tweets that discuss deepfakes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Media article AI: Voice cloning tech emerges in Sudan civil war
- Media article Fake babies, real horror: Deepfakes from the Gaza war increase fears about AI’s power to mislead
AI-Assisted Targeting in the Military
April 19, 2024UN’s perspective on AI militarisation and its implications in the world
April 5, 2024Tech enabled systematic violation of human rights in the Middle East
March 22, 2024