CMSI Translation #1: “What you can do and what you can’t do in military applications of artificial intelligence”

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This article was part of a series of articles published by. people's navy With the aim of helping Chinese naval officials understand the characteristics of intelligent warfare and make sense of Xi Jinping's 20th Party Congress report, which called on the People's Liberation Army to “accelerate the development of unmanned intelligent combat forces” .

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The application of artificial intelligence (AI) in the military field is an important force promoting the improvement of military technology and the development of a revolution in the military landscape, and has become an important driving force in changing operational patterns and disrupting forms of warfare. Masu. As military applications of AI proliferate, we need to think carefully about future decisions and deeply understand our technology hubs (Žişşnił) Understand the role of AI, dialecticize the functional boundaries of AI's military applications, and understand exactly what AI can and cannot do. We oppose both pejorative and omnipotent theories of military applications of AI, comprehensively and objectively clarify what AI can and cannot do in military applications, and seek to seize opportunities and lead. We must strive to acquire the right, systematically develop it, and achieve breakthroughs in the field. Military applications of AI.

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AI can destroy the form of war, but it cannot change the nature of war.

Forms of war are the manifestations and general conditions of war in different historical stages, demonstrated through the progress of manufacturing and production in human society, and applied to the military domain. Great advances in science and technology, as well as ground-breaking developments in cutting-edge weapons and equipment, subsequently led to new changes in military organization, operational methods, and operational theories, and ultimately to changes in warfare as a whole, thereby A new form of war will be born. Intelligent warfare is now revealing new characteristics that disrupt traditional forms of warfare. For example, intelligent military organizational forms will be reshaped and restructured. The leadership command system features flat network aggregation, matrix interaction, and global coupling characteristics. Scale and structure will become more streamlined and efficient, aggregated and integrated across multiple domains. While the proportion of intelligent unmanned operational forces will continue to increase, human-machine hybrids and unmanned swarm formation will become the primary methods. The status and role of virtual space in operational systems will gradually increase. Geographic, physical, information, and cognitive domains enable deep multi-domain and cross-domain integration and harmonization. [operations] become the basic form of war. Centerless weapon systems, weak centers, or hybrid compatibility between centers will become the development trend, completely changing human-centered control and decision-making models.

It is clear that AI technology is increasingly used in the military field, increasing the level of intelligent warfare. This, in turn, may lower the threshold for war, obscure the nature of war, and cause the actors of war to diversify. However, no advancement in technological means can change the nature of war. Nor can they change the basic laws and guidelines of war. Even in an intelligent age, the essence of war remains bloody politics. The development of smart technologies and their application in the military field is also a direct manifestation of the political and military strategies of various countries and political groups. There is still a clear distinction between justice and injustice in war, and the fate of war is still decided by officers, soldiers, and the general public (People's Central) taking part in a war. Wars that involve national independence, opposition to oppression and exploitation, and promotion of people's liberation and social progress require the courage to “do it even when you know you can't do it'' and the determination to “win if you meet the enemy at the last minute.'' . It is a road that only one person can take. ” When it comes to war guidance, no matter how advanced AI technology becomes, we must uphold the fundamental principle that war is useful for politics, and that unjust wars should be defeated with just wars. … … …