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Title: Human reasoning necessary in a new era of artificial intelligence (AI) weapons, rather than outright
Post by: rangerrebew on April 28, 2021, 11:14:32 am
Human reasoning necessary in a new era of artificial intelligence (AI) weapons, rather than outright ban

World treaties should permit AI weapons in surveillance, navigation, and target discrimination, but not in target acquisition and decision to kill.
Apr 27th, 2021
Humans Ai 27 April 2021

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden should not heed the advice of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) to reject calls for a global ban on autonomous weapons. Instead, Biden should work on an innovative approach to prevent humanity from relinquishing its judgement to algorithms during war. Eurasia Review reports. Continue reading original article

The Military & Aerospace Electronics take:

27 April 2021 -- The NSCAI maintains that a global treaty that prohibits the development, deployment and use of artificial intelligence (AI) enabled weapons systems is not in the interests of the United States and would harm international security. It argues that Russia and China are unlikely to follow such a treaty. A global ban, it argues, would increase pressure on law-abiding nations and would enable others to use AI military systems in an unsafe and unethical manner.

This is an unsophisticated way of thinking through a complex problem. Negotiations and conversations at the United Nations have been occurring on this matter since 2014. The voices of AI scientists, Nobel Peace Laureates and civil society were not represented as part of the NSCAI’s advice. If science argues against AI weapons, it is difficult to maintain that their development and use would benefit U.S. interests and international security.

https://www.militaryaerospace.com/computers/article/14202139/artificial-intelligence-ai-weapons-human-reasoning