The Future of Warfare Is Autonomous

In an article for The Dispatch, Joseph O. Chapa writes: The emergence of artificial intelligence creates new possibilities for fighting wars—faster decision speed and decreased risk to human operators—but also creates challenges. The whole field of AI ethics was spawned from the unintended consequences that statistical AI systems can produce. The same kinds of errors are possible when AI is applied to warfare with grave consequences. If anyone is qualified to weigh in on what the Pentagon needs to adjust to this new reality, it’s Kendall, who just published Lethal Autonomy: The Future of Warfare Whether We Like It or Not.

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