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The Questionable LAWS of War: How AI-driven Warfare will Increase Human Deaths

In 2014, it was Stephen Hawking who said that the “development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end for the human race.” There is perhaps no single place where this observation is more applicable than in the military use of AI. Equipping highly autonomous machines with deadly weapon systems has raised a serious discussion […]

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From Rivalry to Progress: The Benefits of a Superpower AI Arms Race

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly transforming our world and it is poised to play a major role in the future of warfare. Superpowers acknowledge the potential and dangers of this technology and have invested billions in becoming the key player in this area. This competition between nations led many people to argue that an AI arms […]

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“Is AI making military harmful and overpowered?”

Introduction The rising demand in the defense sector of any government in the world is the incorporation and deployment of Intelligent Systems in the battlefield and in general surveillance. This is to reduce manual involvement and empty battlefields of human combatants. Although Artificial Intelligence has a wide range of algorithms to adapt to the specific […]

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AI will save humanity, but maybe in a sandbox.

Artificial Intelligence has got a growing lot of traction in recent years and it has proved its efficiency and usefulness in most sectors our there in the world. As we can expect with most things, there are trade-off and some risks associated with the use of AI in every sector. There are some serious genuine […]

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Retaining Human Control on LAWS

A New Revolution in Warfare As the tension is building up concerning Russia versus NATO situation, the world is anxiously waiting for its outcome. As a new war might be commencing, warfare itself is also on the verge of revolutionising. As technology is advancing, new types of weapons are made. The first two warfare revolutions […]

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The modern weapons of “mass” destruction: Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS)

Data is beautiful. Through the use of scientific methods and algorithms we extract knowledge and insights from structured and unstructured data. Did you know that 90% of world’s data had been generated in the past two years? This explosion of information known as “Big Data” is completely transforming the world around us. Back in 1940 […]

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Advancement in Human Capabilities using AI :Technological Singularity

Law and Order / Decision Making Biological Sector Personal Assistance Introduction Exacerbating trend of Artificial intelligence in the modern day society has opened up the ways for a Cyber Punk universe .In our everyday lifestyle AI plays a vital part in industries like Biology, Law, Finance, Manufacturing, Transportation , Advertising and soo many others rely […]

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Educate the public on the technology dominating their life

Picture a 2022 classroom: students enter the room which has a digital screen on the door, keeping track of the number of people inside, the air conditioning and the schedule for the day. There is smart lighting control, a smart blackboard and camera’s to keep track of potential students cheating. The class starts the day […]

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Autonomous Weapons, our Last Regret.

An essay on non-human controlled weapons. Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking over most fields in the modern world, automatizing and generating autonomous agents. Those agents can make their own decisions with low or no human intervention in most cases. This is the future, Science fiction content possible in our time, but with new technologies come […]

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AI vs AI: the Risks of Deepfakes and the Need of Regulations

Imagine you are going about your day as usual and suddenly a friend sends you a very realistic video of you (with your full name present) in a pornographic film you did not take part in or gave consent to. How would you feel? Shocked, embarrassed, scared, angry, and in disbelief? There may not be […]

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