{"podcast":{"title":"CANADALAND","slug":"canadaland-317958","podcast_index_feed_id":317958,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/630ceae33fe37400122828c6","website_url":"https://www.canadaland.com/shows/canadaland/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/630ceae33fe37400122828c6/1743698771719-50c87864-d5ab-4617-8806-05f66a4e5c26.jpeg","author":"Jesse Brown","episode_count":1611,"summary":"The best newspaper in Canada is a podcast. Original reporting, sharp political analysis, and media criticism you won’t get anywhere else. Keeping you informed about what’s happening now in your country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-23T10:17:59.362732+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958"},"episode":{"title":"Ottawa’s Killer Robot Problem","slug":"ottawa-s-killer-robot-problem","published_at":"2026-06-09T10:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958/ottawa-s-killer-robot-problem","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958","url":"https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6a277456c022d9c4fed23388","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/630ceae33fe37400122828c6/e/6a277456c022d9c4fed23388/media.mp3","summary":"Host Sam spent a day at Canada's biggest defence trade show asking about autonomous weapons. The good news: Canada says humans must always be part of the decision to kill. The bad news: nobody can define what that means, the US just voted against a UN resolution banning killer robots, and Pete Hegseth wants the Pentagon to be an \"AI-first warfighting force.\" Sam talks to an AI researcher, an underwater robot CEO, a defence contractor who tells it like it is, and an ethicist who somehow remains hopeful.  Have a tip? sam@canadaland.com Host: Noor Azrieh Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Host/Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork) Guests: Jason Millar, Randy Goebel Background reading: For Canada, the march of the killer robots is getting hard to avoid | The Logic Judge temporarily blocks Pentagon's blacklist of AI company Anthropic | CBC News At Canada’s biggest weapons show, the soldiers were the target | Globe and Mail Canada’s largest arms expo drawing record turnout as Ottawa boosts defence spending Go to Canadaland.com/live to find out more about our live show, June 18th at the Halifax Convention Centre!  Sponsors:  Douglas is giving our listeners a FREE Sleep Bundle with each mattress purchase. Get the sheets, pillows, mattress and pillow protectors FREE with your Douglas purchase today at douglas.ca/canadaland Head over to canadaland.oxio.ca and use code CANADALAND for your first month free! Head to squarespace.com/canadaland for a free trial, and when you’re ready to launch, use OFFER CODE:Canadaland to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Did you know we have a monthly supporter ex…","meta_description":"Host Sam spent a day at Canada's biggest defence trade show asking about autonomous weapons. The good news: Canada says humans must always be part of the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2177,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/canadaland-317958/episodes/ottawa-s-killer-robot-problem/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958/ottawa-s-killer-robot-problem.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}