Autonomous Weapons
Embracing Unleashed Intelligence: A Call for Unregulated AI
INTRO Recent developments in AI have seen subfields of this technology, such as generative AI and deep learning, explode in terms of popularity, innovation, and investments. These advancements are happening at such a rapid pace that it is nowadays difficult to imagine a field in which some forms of AI cannot or will not be […]
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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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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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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 as the future of warfare: is it worth the risk?
The technological revolution is obviously unstoppable, today’s robots and computers are catching up and could soon surpass humans in most business tasks. The development of artificial intelligence will certainly in the coming decades crucially shape not only the labor market but also the future of warfare. Despite this fact, computers still depend on humans as […]
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History Repeats: Killer Robots follow Nuclear Weapons as the new Threat to Humanity
The beginning of the 20th century was dominated by many conflicts, where the First World War (WW1) and the Second World War (WW2) were the greatest and deadliest conflicts on a global scale. Going from WW1 and WW2 there were many technological advancements made, with nuclear weapons being the most important one. A single bomb […]
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Why autonomous weapons should be banned
In the present day, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already playing a big role in our society. For example, AI is already used for proactive healthcare management, disease mapping, automated financial investing, virtual travel booking agents and many more. While many people are hyped for what the future will be with regards to AI, there is […]
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Can AI affect the military industry for the better?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a very up-and-coming topic these days. When talking about AI to friends and family, one might notice that the opinions are divided. Some say AI will be the future and will bring forth only positive outcomes for the coming generations. Others say that fully developed AI might be the end of […]
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Why Regulating Lethal Autonomous Weapons is The Better Option
In today’s society, one cannot take Artificial Intelligence (AI) out of the equation. In fact, AI is getting more and more ingrained into our society every day. Some examples of these AI developments are early stroke detection in healthcare, protecting crops from weeds using a robot, and discovering new solar systems. These are helpful developments, […]
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