Hi Dr Elise Tapping. So, AI is not yet capable of making autonomous decisions in war, but rather acts as an assistant that provides intelligence to support human decision-making. However, AI also plays a role of a scout that can shape how humans perceive the situation and the available options. This can be dangerous if AI introduces errors or biases that affect the quality of human judgment. Therefore, AI will need to be used with more responsibility and caution in war situations.

Hi Dr Elise Tapping. So, AI is not yet capable of making autonomous decisions in war, but rather acts as an assistant that provides intelligence to support human decision-making. However, AI also plays a role of a scout that can shape how humans perceive the situation and the available options. This can be dangerous if AI introduces errors or biases that affect the quality of human judgment. Therefore, AI will need to be used with more responsibility and caution in war situations.

Hi AMK, great response and definitely agree, at the moment with the ethical and safety aspects, even if AI is able to be used in an autonomous way in the battlefield, it would not get pass the regulations put in place. I do however think that, yes it can support human decision making, as you have stated, but I would say that it can dramatically improve not only the accuracy of decision making, but the time in which decisions are made. 

As part of the IET AI TN, we are doing a webinar on AI in conflicted environments in November where we are discussing exactly this, where anyone can sign up here. It would be great to get some questions from people such as yourself who understands not only the utility, but the danger of having these technologies used in the battlefield.