A Macdonald-Laurier Institute Publication

The paper then turns to a discussion of how AI will change the nature, use, and utility of DFI in the coming years and decades. [...] Later, in 2017, on the heels of a string of deadly terrorist attacks in London and Manchester per- petrated by supporters of the Islamic State, Russian-based social media content was again used to spin the attacks in a way that could inflame anti-migrant and anti-Muslim sentiment in the UK and Europe more broadly. [...] The resulting speeches ranged from the familiar and diplomatically mundane – “Climate change continues to be a major concern of all world leaders, and the Government of Mali reiterates its call for the UN to urgently adopt a series of measures …” – to the hateful and in- flammatory – “Refugees are terrorists and are taking the lives of their citizens. [...] Prior to joining NPSIA, Professor Wilner held a variety of positions at Policy Horizons Canada – the Government of Canada’s strategic foresight laboratory – the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland, and the ETH Zurich in Switzerland. [...] Her research interests include the intersection of artificial intelligence and ethics, and the role of the Internet in terrorism and foreign interference.