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AI And The Changing Character Of War – OpEd

... The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) identified in 2017 that an increasing number of states were pursuing development and utilization of the autonomous weapon systems that present risk of an ‘uncontrollable war.’ According to a 2023 study on ‘Artificial Intelligence and Urban Operations’ by the University of South Florida, “the armed forces may soon be able to exploit autonomous weapon systems to monitor, strike, and kill their opponents and even civilians at will.” The study further highlights that in October 2016, United States Department of Defence (US DoD) conducted experiments with micro drones capable of exhibiting advanced swarm behaviour such as collective decision making, adaptive formation flying and self-healing. Asia Times reported in February 2023 that the US DoD had launched Autonomous Multi-Domain Adaptive Swarms-of-Swarms (AMASS) project to develop autonomous drone swarms that can be launched from sea, air and land to overwhelm enemy air defences.   ...

Notably, in January 2024, a group of researchers from four US universities found, while simulating a war scenario, using five AI programs including OpenAI and Meta’s AI program, that all models chose nuclear attacks over peace with their adversary. Findings of this study are a wake-up call for the world leaders and scientists to come together in a multilateral setting to strengthen the UN’s efforts to regulate AI in warfare. ...

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