Crypto News: The AI warfare era

Thursday, February 29, 2024

The AI warfare era

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Joey Temple. Photographer: Cornell Watson for Bloomberg Businessweek

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America's use of AI in warfare is no longer theoretical. In the past several weeks, computer vision algorithms that form part of the US Department of Defense's flagship AI effort, Project Maven, have located rocket launchers in Yemen and surface vessels in the Red Sea, and helped narrow targets for strikes in Iraq and Syria. The US isn't the only country making this leap, China and other powers are also working to incorporate AI into their militaries. The advantage will go "to those who no longer see the world like humans," Army research officials Thom Hawkins and Alexander Kott wrote in 2022.

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On today's Big Take podcast, Bloomberg reporter Katrina Manson discusses the AI transition from the laboratory into combat that's becoming one of the thorniest issues facing military leaders. Advocates says combat will soon take place at a speed faster than the human brain can follow, yet some technologists, ethicists and frontline troops are reluctant to place their trust in the software.

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