person
Lucy Suchman
Lancaster professor emerita; AI and military robotics
Lancaster anthropologist whose work on situated action and on military AI has shaped academic thinking on autonomous weapons. Long-time critic of overconfident AI claims.
current Professor Emerita of Anthropology of Science and Technology, Lancaster University
Strategy positions
Governance firstendorses
Lead with regulation, treaties, liability regimesArgues military AI proponents systematically over-claim autonomy; calls for stronger international restraint.
We have a long history of overclaiming autonomy for AI systems that turn out to require constant human work.
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.