“ Automation bias, where humans defer to machine outputs without applying critical judgment, poses a serious risk to the ethical and lawful use of force. ”
Mitt Regan is McDevitt Professor of Jurisprudence, Director of the Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession, and Co-Director on the Center on National Security at Georgetown University Law Center. His work focuses on international law, national security, international human rights, legal and military ethics, and ethical issues relating to artificial intelligence.
Professor Regan is also Senior Fellow at the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership at the U.S. Naval Academy. He has been a participant in major interdisciplinary projects on national security that include Intelligence and National Security: Ethics, Efficacy, and Accountability; Global Terrorism and Collective Responsibility: Redesigning Police, Military, and Intelligence Agencies in Liberal Democracies; and Split-Second Morality: Protecting Civilians in Asymmetric Conflicts. Prior to joining Georgetown, Professor Regan served as law clerk to Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. on the U.S. Supreme Court and then-Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.