Artificial Intelligence - The Weapon of the Next Cold War?

There are essentially two schools of thought regarding what AI will mean for the human race: It will either solve all our problems or exterminate us. Of course there are more nuanced outcomes one could imagine, but these are the extremes of the spectrum. This writer posits a more near-term effect:

By Jeremy Straub on RealClearScience

It is easy to confuse the current geopolitical situation with that of the 1980s. The United States and Russia each accuse the other of interfering in domestic affairs. Russia has annexed territory over U.S. objections, raising concerns about military conflict.


As during the Cold War after World War II, nations are developing and building weapons based on advanced technology. During the Cold War, the weapon of choice was nuclear missiles; today it’s software, whether its used for attacking computer systems or targets in the real world.

Russian rhetoric about the importance of artificial intelligence is picking up – and with good reason: As artificial intelligence software develops, it will be able to make decisions based on more data, and more quickly, than humans can handle. As someone who researches the use of AI for applications as diverse as drones, self-driving vehicles and cybersecurity, I worry that the world may be entering – or perhaps already in – another cold war, fueled by AI. And I’m not alone.

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