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The Pentagon wants AI to enhance the capabilities of US nuclear weapons systems | Do these people never watch movies?


Late last month, US Strategic Command leader Air Force Gen. Anthony J. Cotton said the command was "exploring all possible technologies, techniques, and methods to assist with...

Their use on the battlefield raises concerns, so the prospect of AI, which still makes plenty of mistakes, being part of a nuclear weapons system feels like the nightmarish stuff of Hollywood sci-fi. He said (via Air & Space Forces Magazine) that while AI will enhance nuclear command and control decision-making capabilities, "we must never allow artificial intelligence to make those decisions for us." Cotton said increasing threats, a deluge of sensor data, and cybersecurity concerns were making the use of AI a necessity to keep American forces ahead of those seeking to challenge the US.

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