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The US Military Desperately Wants To Weaponize AI (technologyreview.com)

Posted by msmash on from the shape-of-things-to-come dept.

Artificial intelligence is a transformative technology, and US generals already see it as the next big weapon in their arsenal. From a report: War-machine learning: Michael Griffin, Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, signaled how keen the military is to make use of AI at the Future of War 2018 conference held in Washington, DC, yesterday. Saber rattling: "There might be an artificial intelligence arms race, but we're not yet in it," Griffin said. In reference to China and Russia, he added, "I think our adversaries -- and they are our adversaries -- understand very well the possible future utility of machine learning, and I think it's time we did as well."

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  1. stupid headline by cascadingstylesheet · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I knew even before I looked that I would find reasoned discussion of the need to deal with enemy capabilities, not "desperately wants to weaponize".

    Sigh ...

  2. Dr. Strangelove FTW by PvtVoid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Muffley: But this is absolute madness, Ambassador. Why on earth would you build such a thing?

    Russian Ambassador: There were those of us who fought against this. But in the end, we could not keep up with the expense involved in the arms race, the space race, and the peace race. And at the same time, our people grumbled for more nylons and washing machines. Our Doomsday scheme cost us just a small fraction of what we'd been spending on defense in a single year. But the deciding factor was when we learned that your country was working along similar lines, and we were afraid of a Doomsday gap.

    Muffley: This is preposterous! I've never approved of anything like that!

    Russian Ambassador: Our source was the New York Times.