The Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on the Environment and Warfare
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ARPICO and M.V. RAMANA present:
THE IMPACTS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND WARFARE
a talk by M.V. Ramana
In his talk, The Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on the Environment and Warfare, Professor Ramana will explore the growing environmental footprint of artificial intelligence (AI), from the expansion of energy-intensive data centres to the increasing demand for water and minerals. He will also examine how AI contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, including through applications that facilitate the expansion of fossil fuel production.
Finally, the talk will address the use of AI in military operations, examining how AI-based tools are being used to accelerate attacks and the killing and maiming of people.
Join us for an insightful discussion of the environmental and human consequences of AI and the broader implications of these rapidly developing technologies.
Professor M.V. Ramana holds the Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security and is a Professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada.
His interdisciplinary research focuses on international security, energy policy, and the social, environmental, and political implications of technological development. He is particularly well known for his work on nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, disarmament, and the relationship between energy systems and global security.
Professor Ramana is the author of Nuclear Is Not the Solution: The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change (Verso Books, 2024) and The Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India (Penguin Books, 2012), and co-editor of Prisoners of the Nuclear Dream (Orient Longman, 2003).
He is a member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials, the International Nuclear Risk Assessment Group, the Canadian Pugwash Group, and the Scientific Advisory Board of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Canada. He also contributes to the team producing the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report, an independent assessment of the global nuclear industry.
His contributions to research and public debate have been recognized with a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Leo Szilard Award from the American Physical Society, and the 2026 Alliance for Nuclear Accountability DC Days Award.
EVENT DETAILS
6:30 PM - Check-in for all guests.
6:50 PM - Welcome remarks by ARPICO Director, Dr. Lupe Jaraquemada Peláez
7:00 PM - Introduction of M.V. Ramana
7:15 PM - The Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on the Environment and Warfare by M.V. Ramana
Q&A - Following the lecture.
Socializing - Refreshments will be served.
9:45 PM - Clean up and closure. Help is welcome from anyone willing.
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