The UN wants to regulate military artificial intelligence but comes up against the principle of competitive reality
Source: Revue Conflits
On July 18, 2023, the UN Security Council held its first meeting dedicated to AI. In contrast to the use of AI in the civilian domain, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed the desire to ban and regulate the use of AI in the military, with the creation of a specific council to regulate AI in the military domain.
However, this announcement did not please the leading military powers (USA, China and Russia). Each military state reserves the right to develop its own programs, as long as they include a safety system that allows a human being to interact with the weapon or decision-making tool.
The author of the article published in Revue Conflits explains his point of view on the use of AI on the battlefield in 3 points.
The four principles of the systemic reality of AI
Artificial intelligence as an engine for high-intensity combat (intelligence, logistics, training, operations management, armed robotic systems, cyberdefense and psyops).
The major challenges of military AI (AI command & control and embedded AI in squadrons and air-land robots).