... look at some past attacks, in 2017, for example, when ISIS dropped several IEDs via drones onto the Syrian army base storing significant stashes of weapons in a stadium, showed significant damages to the Syrian military. But we do not know with certainty about their successes, the level of their success, as we often see what they choose to share on their media.
Noel Sharkey:
Autonomous Weapons Pose a Threat to International Security
What we do know is that it is important for us to differentiate between terrorist groups or non-state actors that have utilized drones in a limited capacity and those that have active drone programs. If we look at organizations ...
Washington Hopes to Ensure its Global Military Dominance and National Security Against Virtually All Threats
For Russia, the military developments and strategies of the United States recreate those challenges and threats that the USSR associated with President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). Adopted in 1984,...
... astutely in terms of our diplomacy while being careful not to become too dependent on anyone or take sides
While it may be a little early to talk about the emergence of a bipolar era in the tech world, the question of what policy Russia should follow against the backdrop of the confrontation between the two undisputed tech leaders (the United States and China) is more pressing than ever.
Vassily Kashin
of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the National Research ...
... Paper No. 44 / 2018
The Working Paper focuses on possible impacts of related technologies, such as machine learning and autonomous vehicles, on international relations and society. The authors also examine the ethical and legal aspects of the use of AI technologies. The present Working Paper of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) includes analytical materials prepared by experts in the field of artificial intelligence, machine learning and autonomous system, as well as by lawyers and ...
... military power in
the near future.
So nothing is clear-cut with Russia, and this fact should be studied separately,
since the best works on the subject (for instance, “
The
Impact of Technological Factors on the Parameters of Threats to National and
International Security, Military Conflicts, and Strategic Stability
”) barely touch on these matters.
Where is AI Nationalization
Taking Us?
However different the agendas of the leaders
and outsiders of the AI race are, they presuppose the same steps essentially
leading to Chinese-style AI nationalization.
First, it means
establishing combined national civil military ...
... Autonomous Systems has already Begun
On September 6–7, 2018 the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (
SIPRI
) and the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (
CICIR
) held a joint
conference
in Beijing on the impact of AI technologies and autonomous systems on nuclear safety and strategic stability. This is the second event held as part of the two-year SIPRI research project, which is aimed at studying the impact of autonomous systems and artificial intelligence technologies ...
... Research Institute (
SIPRI
) and China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (
CICIR
) on Mapping the Impact of Machine Learning and Autonomy on Strategic Stability and Nuclear Risk.
Experts from Russia, China, the United States, France, Britain, Japan, South Korea, India, and Pakistan, attended the event to discuss the possible impact of machine learning technologies, autonomous systems, and artificial intelligence on the development of weapons and the possibility of their use in conflicts....
