Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Dr. Emmanuel Goffi argues that AI and drone warfare are making responsibility harder to assign, not easier. While operators often become the public face of a strike, decisions are actually shaped by politicians, military leaders, software developers, legal advisers, and AI systems. He warns that powerful institutions may deliberately dilute accountability by placing blame on lower-level personnel. Goffi also raises concerns about a growing ecosystem where governments, militaries, and tech companies share incentives that could normalize perpetual conflict.
Guest bio: Dr. Emmanuel Goffi is a philosopher of artificial intelligence and a former French Air Force officer who spent 27 years working on the ethics of drone and autonomous weapons warfare. Now co-founder and co-director of the Global AI Ethics Institute in Paris, he studies how emerging technologies are reshaping responsibility, geopolitics, and truth itself. His work focuses on the ethical consequences of AI, and why the future of conflict may be decided as much by narrative as by weapons.
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Dr. Emmanuel Goffi argues that AI and drone warfare are making responsibility harder to assign, not easier. While operators often become the public face of a strike, decisions are actually shaped by politicians, military leaders, software developers, legal advisers, and AI systems. He warns that powerful institutions may deliberately dilute accountability by placing blame on lower-level personnel. Goffi also raises concerns about a growing ecosystem where governments, militaries, and tech companies share incentives that could normalize perpetual conflict.
Guest bio: Dr. Emmanuel Goffi is a philosopher of artificial intelligence and a former French Air Force officer who spent 27 years working on the ethics of drone and autonomous weapons warfare. Now co-founder and co-director of the Global AI Ethics Institute in Paris, he studies how emerging technologies are reshaping responsibility, geopolitics, and truth itself. His work focuses on the ethical consequences of AI, and why the future of conflict may be decided as much by narrative as by weapons.
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Dr. Emmanuel Goffi Links:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/emmanuelgoffi
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Goffi
ResearchGate: researchgate.net/profile/Emmanuel-Goffi
The Zach Show Links:
The Zach Show 2.0: thezachshow.supercast.com
Spotify: spoti.fi/3zaS6sP
YouTube: bit.ly/3lTpJdj
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Website: auxoro.com
Substack: thezachshow.substack.com
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