New US DoD autonomous weapons officer has collateral damage expertise

Published on April 11, 2024



The DoD signed in Dr Radha Iyengar Plumb as the new Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, a member of the Autonomous Weapon System Working Group.

Dr Radha Iyenghar Plumb, co-author of a 2010 paper linking civilian casualties in Afghanistan to subsequent insurgent violence, was sworn in on 9 April 2024 as the Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO), a position that should prove key to the implementation of US policies for autonomous weapon systems and autonomous systems in the kill chain. 

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