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Adam Wunische, National Interest: AI Weapons Are Here to Stay
Once the AI genie got out of the bottle, it wasn't going back in.
Many have been debating the morality of developing weapons with artificial intelligence. Will this lead to a taboo against their use?
The debate around the ethics of AI weapons has involved everyone from advocacy groups , to government officials , to Google engineers . Many agree that AI weapons carry very significant ethical concerns. Which begs the question, will these concerns, and the efforts of anti-AI weapons advocacy groups, result in a ban of their use or a strong taboo? Some seem to think that an international agreement will be enough to stop their adoption in the world's militaries. However, the development of a taboo around the use of AI weapons depends on something much more straightforward, their effectiveness on the battlefield.
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WNU Editor: The AI Pandora's Box was opened a long time ago. AI systems are definitely here to stay.
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