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Nuclear Experts Say Mixing AI and Nuclear Weapons Is Inevitable
Human judgement remains central to the launch of nuclear weapons. But experts say it’s a matter of when, not if, artificial intelligence will get baked into the world’s most dangerous systems.
“It’s like electricity,” says Bob Latiff, a retired US Air Force major general and a member of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board. He said the nuclear forces were “developing artificial intelligence or AI-enabled, human led, decision support tools to ensure our leaders are able to respond to complex, time-sensitive scenarios.” “What I worry about is that somebody will say we need to automate this system and parts of it, and that will create vulnerabilities that an adversary can exploit, or that it will produce data or recommendations that people aren't equipped to understand, and that will lead to bad decisions,” he says.
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