MEAT VERSUS MACHINES: HUMAN INTUITION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Andrew A. Hill , Stephen Gerras September 5, 2024
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a three-part series delving into the role of artificial intelligence (AI) within the United States’ comprehensive national defense and security strategy. The authors will assess the advantages and limitations of AI as it is employed to enhance, integrate, and potentially supplant human decision-making processes.
“You’re not understanding, are you? The brain does the thinking. The meat.”
“Thinking meat! You’re asking me to believe in thinking meat!”
“Yes, thinking meat! Conscious meat! Loving meat. Dreaming meat. The meat is the whole deal! Are you getting the picture?”
“Omigod. You’re serious then. They’re made out of meat.”
Terry Bisson, They’re Made Out of Meat, 1991
From the seasoned expert who just knows the right move to survival instincts that have evolved over millennia, human intuition is a powerful guide to decision-making. As we grapple with the rise of advanced artificial intelligence (AI), such intuition is presented as an inherent human advantage over AI, and a reason for humans to maintain direct control over lethal and other high-stakes decisions. In this way, a belief in the power of human intuition is therefore foundational to current U.S. defense policies constraining the use of artificial intelligent systems and “keeping a human in the loop,” because such decision-making is something only humans can do.
https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/meat-versus-machines/
