With the advent of artificial intelligence, it became clear that sooner or later it would be used for military purposes, after which a number of serious ethical problems arose. For example, how AI will dispose of the right to destroy people, if it is granted to it.
Last week, The Hague hosted the first international conference on the responsible use of artificial intelligence in the military field REAIM 23, convened at the initiative of the Netherlands and South Korea with the participation of more than 60 countries.
At the end of the summit, its participants (with the exception of Israel) signed a petition stating that the countries they represent express their commitment to the use of AI in accordance with international law, without undermining the principles of “international security, stability and accountability.”
Among the issues that REAIM 23 participants also discussed were the reliability of military AI, the unintended consequences of its use, escalation risks, and the extent to which people are involved in the decision-making process.
According to critical experts, this petition, being non-binding, does not solve many problems, including the use of AI in military conflicts, as well as UAVs controlled by artificial intelligence.
And such concerns are far from unfounded. So, one of the largest US military contractors, Lockheed Martin, announced that his new training fighter, being in the air for about 20 hours, was controlled by AI all this time . And Google CEO Eric Schmidt shared his fears that AI itself could provoke military conflicts, including with the use of nuclear weapons
