The Artificial intelligence it is acquiring more and more space in all spheres of life… including the military. It is no secret to anyone that any army of world powers is working with technology.
Currently, China is at the forefront in Artificial Intelligence investments for its armed forces, but it was not the first nation to do so.
USA it was the first country to use AI in the military. As early as the 1960s, the US Department of Defense began training computers to mimic basic human reasoning.
America’s Race for Artificial Intelligence
In 1991 they used the DARPA-funded Dynamic Analysis and Replanning Tool (DART), an Artificial Intelligence program, in order to schedule the transport of supplies or personnel and to solve other logistical problems.
“Ammunitions, platforms and armed forces are the most visible parts of any chain of death,” he recently said. Kathleen Hicks, US Assistant Secretary of Defense. “Less visible, but no less important, are the capacities that unite them, making the whole greater than the sum of its parts.”
“It is precisely those capacities in which we want to invest”. stressed.
However, there was a time when the United States fell behind and China came to the fore. But with the Ukrainian War, the Americans have increased their investments, looking for technology strengthen your allies in the conflict against the Russians.
The future of AI in the military
Other countries that are actively developing and using AI in their militaries are Russia, Israel, France and South Korea, but never at the level of Chinese and North Americans.
The use of AI in the military is still in its early stages, but it evolves quickly. As AI technology continues to develop, we are likely to see even more widespread use of AI in the military in the years to come.
their approaches They range from logistics to object identification, through unmanned systems (drones) and cyber warfare.
“In the short term,” says Kevin Desouza, an AI expert at the Brookings Center, in conversation with The newspaper, “It is to be expected that the current trend of increased use of semi-autonomous systems will continue to increase. In the long term, it is clear that we will move to a systems model totally autonomous”.
The dangers of Artificial Intelligence in the military
But things with Artificial Intelligence don’t always happen As the higher ups expect.
There is always the possibility that autonomous weapons systems make life or death decisions without human intervention, or with their full confidence.
In 2003, the automated system on a Patriot missile misidentified a friendly aircraft as an enemy, and the human operators fired. An American pilot died.
Michael Horowitz, AI expert, wrote in Foreign Affairs: “It has been shown that, in stressful situations, humans trust the decisions of Artificial Intelligence more, and this blind trust can pose a danger during battle.”