Weaponised Intelligence: How AI Is Changing Armed Conflict

A panel at the Politecnico di Milano on autonomous weapons and AI in warfare, convened by Associazione Copernicani. The questions are blunt: when machines make life-or-death decisions, who is responsible, does the risk of proliferation rise, what is the margin of error, and can humans keep control? Speakers are Futura D'Aprile, a journalist covering defence policy and arms exports; Alberto Pagani, who teaches geopolitics and geostrategy at the University of Bologna; and General Pietro Serino, Chief of Staff of the Italian Army from 2021 to 2024. Patrizia Feletig of the Guarini Institute for Public Affairs at John Cabot University moderates. Tuesday 17 November, 18:30 to 20:00, Aula Conferenze, ground floor, Largo Volontari del Sangue 6. In Italian. Free with registration. Why go: a former army chief of staff answering questions about military AI in a university hall doesn't happen often in Milan. Best for engineers, policy people and defence-tech founders who want the argument from inside the institutions.