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Don’t Fear AI in War, Fear Autonomous Weapons
It’s not the algorithmic intelligence in our weapons and nukes but automaticity that poses an existential risk.
The real ones aren’t cute.
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There’s no question that Artificial Intelligence will transform warfare, along with pretty much everything else. But will the change be apocalyptic or evolutionary? For the sake of humanity, let’s hope it’s the latter.
Technological innovation has always changed warcraft. It’s been that way since the arrival of chariots, stirrups, gunpowder, nukes and nowadays drones, as Ukrainians and Russians are demonstrating every day.