Ethics and the "Intelligentization" of Warfare: A Brief Survey of Progress and Problems of the Artificial Intelligence Superpowers
Abstract
Acknowledging the difficulties in defining artificial intelligence (AI), this paper critiques some popular misconceptions about AI and looks toward the scale and prioritization of actual military AI investments of China and the U.S. -the AI Superpowers- to consider ethical dilemmas associated with AI governing principles and capabilities. In 2017, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) promises to dominate AI by 2030 elicited a major bureaucratic response from the United States including several new Department of Defense (DoD) agencies and a flurry of policies. Among these the February 2020 proclamation of ethical principles for AI, followed by a May 2021 Memo on Implementing Responsible Artificial Intelligence (RAI), lay out five DoD AI Ethical Principles and name the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) as the responsible agent for transforming the Department through AI. The five DoD ethical principles are laudable but inadequate to the ethical challenges AI is already bringing. As competition toward developing AI intensifies, and certainly if AI is ever deployed in combat, sincere advocates for responsible AI will need more specific and stable guideposts than these principles and vague commitments to our values if they are to respond with sound ethical
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 06, 2022
- Accession Number
- AD1204778
Entities
People
- Jason E Duke
Organizations
- Naval War College