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Morgan, F. E., Boudreaux, B., Lohn, A. J., Ashby, M., Curriden, C., & Klima, K., et al.. (2020). Military applications of artificial intelligence: Ethical concerns in an uncertain world RAND PROJECT AIR FORCE SANTA MONICA CA SANTA MONICA United States. |
| Resource type: Report/Documentation BibTeX citation key: Morgan2020 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Data Sciences, Decision Theory, Engineering, Ethics, General Subcategories: Big data, Decision making, Edge AI, Human decisionmaking, Human factors engineering, Machine learning, Psychology of human-AI interaction Creators: Ashby, Boudreaux, Curriden, Grossman, Klima, Lohn, Morgan Publisher: RAND PROJECT AIR FORCE SANTA MONICA CA SANTA MONICA United States Collection: |
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The research in this report was conducted over the course of one year, from October 2017 to September 2018. The completed report was originally delivered to the sponsor in October 2018.It was approved for public distribution in March 2020. Since the research was completed and delivered, new organizations have been created and important steps have been taken to address many of the topics the report describes. As a result, this report does not capture the current state of the topic at the time of publication. Although expert and public opinions may have shifted, we believe the report documents a useful view of perspectives. Furthermore, several chapters present historical perspectives of American, Chinese, and Russian willingness or reticence to develop andor field artificial intelligence AI for the battlefield. This report examines military applications of AI and considers the ethical implications of employing them in war and peace. AI encompasses a wide range of technologies, many of which offer great promise in military applications. Consequently, the United States, China, and Russia are all developing military applications of AI. Given the rapid progress seen in this field during the last two decades, this could change the character of war in the coming years. But thoughtful people have expressed serious reservations about the legal and ethical implications of military forces using AI. The most strident objections have revolved around prospects of machines killing people, without direct approval of human operators. But concern shave been raised about other applications of AI as well, such as decision support systems that might select questionable targets without commanders being able to examine the complex calculations behind such choices, and citizens being detained or even killed as a result of a facial recognition system or some other complex AI calculation misidentifying them as terrorists or criminals. |