The Risks of Artificial Intelligence in Weapons Design

Researchers outline the dangers of developing AI-powered autonomous weapons

By CATHERINE CARUSO August 7, 2024 

“For decades, the military has used autonomous weapons such as mines, torpedoes, and heat-guided missiles that operate based on simple reactive feedback without human control. However, artificial intelligence (AI) has now entered the arena of weapons design.

According to Kanaka Rajan, associate professor of neurobiology in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, and her team, AI-powered autonomous weapons represent a new era in warfare and pose a concrete threat to scientific progress and basic research.”

Read the full article on the Harvard Medical School website.

CATEGORIES:

About AI

Tags:

Comments are closed

Latest Comments

No comments to show.
Your window to southeast asia.