By Adban Rafique
ISLAMABAD: The Arms Control and Disarmament Centre (ACDC) organized a two-day online workshop on “Cyber Technologies, Artificial Intelligence and International Security” at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI). The workshop was organized in collaboration with the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Geneva on January 24 -25.
On first day of the online workshop, the opening session was moderated by Ms Moliehi Makumane, Researcher, UNIDIR while Ambassador Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, Director General ISSI, made the opening remarks and said that with global arms races picking up, arms control collapsing, there could be efforts to weaponise these emerging technologies and effective regulations are vital.
India is rapidly weaponising the technologies that pose a threat to regional security. In his welcome remarks Dr Robin Geiss, Director, UNIDIR, said that digital transformation is a key driver of military affairs and international security.
While the field of new technologies is limitless – two key issues that are prominent at the UN and most challenging need particular attention are – Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cyber technologies.
