The Pentagon is ‘Absolutely Unapologetic’ About Pursuing AI-Powered Weapons
By Jack Corrigan
March 28, 2019
Much criticism of military AI projects is rooted in "grave misperceptions," say current and former defense officials.
Protecting the U.S. in the decades ahead will require the Pentagon to make “substantial, sustained†investments in military artificial intelligence, and critics need to realize it doesn’t take that task lightly, according to current and former Defense Department officials.
Efforts to expand the department’s use of AI systems have been met with public outcry among many in the tech and policy communities who worry the U.S will soon entrust machines to make life-and-death decisions on the battlefield. Last year, employee protests led Google to pull out an Air Force project that used machine-learning to sort through surveillance footage.
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