Picture a world where war is fought only by machines, and technology is the only witness of injustice and atrocity.  Could drones become the last moral guardians, the eyes of truth that hold people and countries to account?

Dr Michael Richardson researches the impacts of drone technologies on war, culture and witnessing. He is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of the Arts and Media, currently holds an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award and is the author of Gestures of Testimony (Bloomsbury 2016).

This talk and interview are part of Unsomnia: a series of short talks for restless minds.

Tackling the issues that keep us up at night, imagining the inconceivable and envisioning the future, UNSW researchers have just 10 minutes each to explain what life we will be living in the future.

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of UNSW Sydney, researchers were asked to take stock of what society used to be, fast forward to today’s world and look ahead another 70 years.

Hosted by Rob Brooks.

Picture a world where war is fought only by machines, and technology is the only witness of injustice and atrocity. Could drones become the last moral guardians, the eyes of truth that hold people and countries to account? Dr Michael Richardson researches the impacts of drone technologies on war, culture and witnessing. He is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of the Arts and Media, currently holds an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award and is the author of Gestures of Testimony (Bloomsbury 2016). This talk and interview are part of Unsomnia: a series of short talks for restless minds. Tackling the issues that keep us up at night, imagining the inconceivable and envisioning the future, UNSW researchers have just 10 minutes each to explain what life we will be living in the future. To celebrate the 70th anniversary of UNSW Sydney, researchers were asked to take stock of what society used to be, fast forward to today’s world and look ahead another 70 years. Hosted by Rob Brooks.

An initiative of UNSW Sydney, the Centre for Ideas is a thought-provoking program of events and digital content from the globe's leading thinkers, authors and artists.

An initiative of UNSW Sydney, the Centre for Ideas is a thought-provoking program of events and digital content from the globe's leading thinkers, authors and artists.

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