How Joe Biden can use confidence-building measures for military uses of AI

ABSTRACT

Autonomous naval ships, algorithms to interpret drone video footage – the US military and other armed forces around the world are thinking about how to incorporate applications of artificial intelligence systems into their operations. The Biden administration has an opportunity to foster international cooperation on military AI to reduce the risk of inadvertent conflict while still pursuing US military leadership.

KEYWORDS:

• Artificial intelligence
• militaries
• drones
• computer vision
• confidence-building measures
• AI ethics
• norms

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Funding

This article was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Minerva Research Initiative under [grant #FA9550-18-1-0194].

Additional information

Funding

This article was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Minerva Research Initiative under [grant #FA9550-18-1-0194].

Notes on contributors

Michael C. Horowitz

Michael C. Horowitz is Richard Perry Professor and Director of Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania (@mchorowitz).

Lauren Kahn

Lauren Kahn is a Research Fellow at Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania (@lauren_a_kahn).