Melania Trump just made a speech to the US Marines, warning that Artificial Intelligence will “alter war more profoundly than any technology since nuclear weapons” and that soldiers on the ground will become obsolete. She made it clear that this is happening at a high rate of speed, that a lot of automation already existed and we have to prepare, and prepare fast. Considering who she is, I think we should pay close attention and act accordingly.
Then we have the latest cover of The Economist, predicting lots of War for next year, something that you don’t need them or a crystal ball to know is coming. War is all we hear about anymore.
There’s an old saying that “Necessity is the mother of invention” and nothing creates necessity like wars. All our biggest technological advances have been brought about because of the urgency of wars, including the A-Bomb.
AI is being developed most rapidly and with the most urgency for the purpose of creating weapons to destroy each other with, and since it’s AI that everyone is so afraid of eventually wiping us humans all out, I have to ask, Why aren’t we using it to end wars instead of teaching it how to kill us all?
I think that’s a reasonable question.