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Artificial intelligence & future warfare: implications for international security

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Recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) suggest that this emerging technology will have a deterministic and potentially transformative influence on military power, strategic competition, and world politics more broadly. After the initial surge of broad speculation in the literature related to AI this article provides some much needed specificity to the debate. It argues that left unchecked the uncertainties and vulnerabilities created by the rapid proliferation and diffusion of AI could become a major potential source of instability and great power strategic rivalry. The article identifies several AI-related innovations and technological developments that will likely have genuine consequences for military applications from a tactical battlefield perspective to the strategic level.

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  • James Johnson, 2019. "Artificial intelligence & future warfare: implications for international security," Defense & Security Analysis, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(2), pages 147-169, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdanxx:v:35:y:2019:i:2:p:147-169
    DOI: 10.1080/14751798.2019.1600800
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    1. Andrea Coveri & Claudio Cozza & Dario Guarascio, 2023. "Blurring boundaries: an analysis of the digital platforms-military nexus," LEM Papers Series 2023/47, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy.
    2. Leilei Zhao & Xiaofan Wu & Heng Luo, 2022. "Developing AI Literacy for Primary and Middle School Teachers in China: Based on a Structural Equation Modeling Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(21), pages 1-16, November.
    3. Jonas Tallberg & Eva Erman & Markus Furendal & Johannes Geith & Mark Klamberg & Magnus Lundgren, 2023. "The Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence: Next Steps for Empirical and Normative Research," Papers 2305.11528, arXiv.org.

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