Could AI Driven Info Warfare become Democracy's Achilles Heel?

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Ripped out of the pages of science fiction novels, artificially intelligent, self-aware weapons systems could become a global existential threat, if harbingers of doom like Elon Musk are to be believed.

What I’m more worried about is combining artificial intelligence with a weapon that is already hurting us, and our democracy: the weaponization of information.

Our adversaries are already using sophisticated cyber tools and delivering these info-weapons into the heart of our social and political fabric by attacking our information systems, media outlets, social media and our political processes. By using these weapons against our greatest vulnerabilities, adversaries can trigger a digital rot within our social and political structures which can have as significant effect as full scale war.

https://www.thecipherbrief.com/column/expert-view/ai-driven-info-warfare-democracys-achilles-heel?utm_source=Aggregators&utm_campaign=eea22af98f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b02a5f1344-eea22af98f-122460921&mc_cid=eea22af98f&m