Drink the Kool-Aid all you want, but don’t call AI an existential threat
Generative AI can wreak havoc in many ways but it’s not an existential threat any more than computer code is.
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An expert collection on the military applications of AI
Over the course of this week, the Bulletin, in partnership with the Stanley Foundation, is publishing top experts on how to manage the explosion of military AI research and development around the world. Here’s what you need to know: The promise and peril of military applications of artificial intelligence Michael C Horowitz; @mchorowitz Published Monday, … Continued
“As much death as you want”: UC Berkeley’s Stuart Russell on “Slaughterbots”
If you never dreamed that toy-like drones from off the shelf at the big-box store could be converted—with a bit of artificial intelligence and a touch of shaped explosive—into face-recognizing assassins with a mission to terminate you—well, dream it.
AI and the future of warfare: The troubling evidence from the US military
US military officers can approve the use of AI-enhanced military technologies that they don't trust. And that's a serious problem.
The promise and peril of military applications of artificial intelligence
The promise of AI—including its ability to improve the speed and accuracy of everything from logistics and battlefield planning to human decision making—is driving militaries around the world to accelerate research and development. Here’s why.
Who’ll want artificially intelligent weapons? ISIS, democracies, or autocracies?
If you’re a dictator who can’t trust your own people in the military, you can still trust a machine to do your dirty work.
AI in war: Can advanced military technologies be tamed before it’s too late?
There is an urgency for countries to agree on common rules about the development, deployment, and use of emerging military tech in war.
The best of the roundtables, 2015
A choice selection of pieces from our Deveopment and Disarmament Roundtable series
From nuclear bombs to killer robots: how amoral technologies become immoral weapons
Powerful countries wield the rhetoric of imminent security threats to rationalize unjust uses of new military technologies.
A picture’s power to prevent
The most important legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is in images that could avert worse wars to come.
Which drone future will Americans choose?
The decisions US leaders make now over unmanned aerial vehicles will have enormous consequences.
Defending against “The Entertainment”
Amid the published angst about AI and its hypothetical threats, more attention ought to be given to the threat that AI-enabled entertainment poses to our brains and our civilization.
PRESS RELEASE: Doomsday Clock remains at 90 seconds to midnight
In 2024, the Doomsday Clock remains at 90 seconds to midnight, the closest the Clock has ever been to midnight. This reflects the continued state of unprecedented danger the world faces. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, stewards of the Doomsday Clock, emphasized in their announcement that the Clock can be turned back, but governments and people need to take urgent action.
War is messy. AI can’t handle it.
As AI becomes part of military decision-making, it’s important to be wary of the pristine ideas of how technology can transform conflict.
How science-fiction tropes shape military AI
Pop culture influences how people think about artificial intelligence, and that spills over to how military planners think about war—obscuring the more mundane ways AI is likely to be used.
‘AI Godfather’ Yoshua Bengio: We need a humanity defense organization
In this interview, AI godfather Yoshua Bengio discusses attention-grabbing headlines about AI, taboos among AI researchers, and why top AI researchers may disagree about the risks AI may pose to humanity.
Existential espionage: How intelligence gathering can protect humanity
Intelligence communities play an important role in analyzing, preventing, and leading efforts to minimize existential risks.
Artificial intelligence: a detailed explainer, with a human point of view
Is artificial intelligence, AI, a threat to our way of life, or a blessing? AI seeks to replicate and maybe replace what human intelligence does best: make complex decisions. Currently, human decision-making processes may include some means of AI as support or backup. But AI could also be “let out of the box” to act … Continued
Why superintelligence is a threat that should be taken seriously
A prominent skeptic says that artificial intelligence is nothing to worry about. Here’s why he’s wrong.