Interesting article about the role of AI in weapons. Can see any bans being at a high level only though as stated in the article about AI never having a role in autonomous nuclear weapons use i.e. AI never having any autonomous role in launching first strike. Though it is a bit worrying that Russia seem to think this is acceptable. Hopefully (I hate using that word) they are just employing their usual 'never be explicit, keep them guessing' play. But on this one subject they should actually just be crystal clear. Though they seem to threaten us with nuclear weapons use most weeks now so who knows.
The issue with banning these things is that most will abide but then some will not. Do you trust nations like Russia and China (or even non-nation state actors) to actually go along with it all. The main problem is you will only find out if they have been playing by the same rules if you actually have to fight them. Too late to do anything about it then. As some in the article state using AI in weapons, such as facial recognition, is just graduate level stuff these days so shouldn't be difficult for terrorists to get hold of conventional weapons and add in AI programming.
Interesting article about the role of AI in weapons. Can see any bans being at a high level only though as stated in the article about AI never having a role in autonomous nuclear weapons use i.e. AI never having any autonomous role in launching first strike. Though it is a bit worrying that Russia seem to think this is acceptable. Hopefully (I hate using that word) they are just employing their usual 'never be explicit, keep them guessing' play. But on this one subject they should actually just be crystal clear. Though they seem to threaten us with nuclear weapons use most weeks now so who knows.
The issue with banning these things is that most will abide but then some will not. Do you trust nations like Russia and China (or even non-nation state actors) to actually go along with it all. The main problem is you will only find out if they have been playing by the same rules if you actually have to fight them. Too late to do anything about it then. As some in the article state using AI in weapons, such as facial recognition, is just graduate level stuff these days so shouldn't be difficult for terrorists to get hold of conventional weapons and add in AI programming.