A war fought with Artificial Intelligence.
Science fiction?
Or An impending reality?
Technology is improving at an alarming rate, and as technology improves, it will be used
in practice in ways that were not previously possible.
Most notably, in warfare.
Elon musk, CEO of tesla Motors and SpaceX warned that An artificial intelligence race
is more likely to cause world war 3 than a 20th century style arms race, or even North
Korea.
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Naturally, the united states has the upper hand when it comes to military force.
But Russian President Vladmir Putin suggested recently that AI may be the way that Russia
could rebalance the power shift created by the US outspending Russia on defense each
year.
Could other countries follow in russias footsteps?
Today, Life’s biggest questions asks, will World War 3 be fought with Artificial Intellgence.
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There are many reasons why world governments would want to employ the use of artificial
intelligence in warfare.
Employing the use of cyber weapons ensures avoiding the use of nuclear weapons.
Yes, many countries have stockpiles of nuclear weapons, but using those nuclear weapons is
dangerous, and could set off a chain of events that might lead to the destruction of humanity.
Another alternative?
Get technology to fight your battles for you.
Drones, self driving vehicles, cyber security, robot soldiers.
Using AI has many advantages.
AI’s don’t have empathy like humans, so they do not hesitate.
They make the decision to attack almost instantly, before a human even has a reason to.
They can detect an enemy and fire so quickly, they could replace the need for man to man
combat.
AI controlled aircraft will completely change the game.
An aircraft being able to function depends on the pilot surviving.
If an aircraft doesn’t need a pilot, that would take away the need for training.
The aircraft would be lighter and therefore faster.
An aircraft wouldn’t need to provide things like oxygen to a pilot who needs it at high
altitudes.
AI could save world governments millions, and prevent the loss of millions of active
soldiers.
Currently there are over 30 countries that are developing armed drones, which are getting
more and more advanced with each successive generation.
Up until now, these drones have been controlled by humans.
But that could very well change in the near future.
We already have self driving cars and planes, why not military weapons?
All of this being said, according to many experts there are reasons why AI could be
very dangerous.
Which experts?
Pretty much the best and brightest the world has to offer.
Steven hawking joined elon musk, apple cofounder Steve Wozniak and 1 thousand other colleagues
to call for a ban on Offensive autonomous weapons.
They know the dangers of AI, as I’m sure you probably do to.
We’ve seen the dangers in films and shows like the terminator, west world, and I robot.
It is entirely possible that artificially intelligent machines and robots could learn
to not take orders from humans, and instead, turn against us.
Imagine what would happen if every killer robot on earth suddenly decided that they
weren’t going to fight our wars for us, so they decided to wipe out the human race
instead.
There isn’t only the danger of AI robots turning against humans, in the words of steven
hawking, AI will bring new dangers like powerful autonomous weapons or new ways for the few
to oppress the many.
Not having empathy means AI robots wouldn’t be able to hold back if they decide that a
preemptive strike is the most probably path to victory.
At this time, over 60 non government organizations have called for a treaty that bans autonomous
weapons, but many coutnries are still not willing to take cyberweapons off the table.
And reasonably so.
Cyber weapons could save countless lives.
At the same time though, killer AI robots could be potentially very dangerous.
Obviously its difficult to imagine what a war with AI killer robots will be like, its
never happened before.
But AI is becoming more and more a part of our day today life without us even realizing
it.
Google, facebook, amazon and Microsoft are all using it in their new technologies
So will world war 3 be fought with AI?
I would say that’s a yes, whether we like it or not.
Russia is regarding AI development as an arms race, china and the united states are also.
If these counties are developing AI weapons, other countries will be forced to follow.
And its safe to say that the country who is ahead of the game in the AI department, will
be the country who has the advantage.
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