The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of aggression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity. This lecture, entitled 'International law and artificial intelligence', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Thursday 2nd November 2017 by Thomas Burri, Assistant Professor of International and European Law at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.