He Defense Department of the United States announced this Saturday that they are considering the possibility of using artificial intelligence to develop new defense and attack systems.
Michael Horowitz, head of the Pentagon’s Emerging Capabilities Policy, presented the initiative, which seeks to give autonomy to weapons systems.
According to Horowitz From 2012, the year of publication of the last guide on Artificial Intelligence, to 2023, there were many findings in the field.
“The directive does not prohibit the development of any particular weapon system: it sets the requirements for autonomous and semi-autonomous weapon systemsHorowitz said.
The production of weapons with artificial intelligence also seeks to improve and keep getting better and better alternatives.
Human judgment is maintained when using weapons with artificial intelligence:
One of the most important things is “the dramatic and expanded vision of the role of Artificial Intelligence in future military operations”, added the executive.
One thing, however, Pentagon insiders are clear: Commanders and operators must exercise proper humane judgment about the use of force. Information gathering and execution is left to arms, but the order comes from a person.
“Directive does not change approval requirements (…) You still have high-level reviewers, who are finally making the call on these systems. What the autonomous weapons task force does is facilitate the aggregation of the information that senior leadership would need. to be able to make decisions effectively“, he claimed.