Humans, Not AI, Will Decide on Nuclear Strikes: US General
Published on August 14, 2024
Artificial intelligence will not decide on nuclear strikes, a top U.S. general said this week. “When it comes to us and how we prosecute AI and machine learning, humans will absolutely be in the loop,” Gen. Anthony J. Cotton, commander of United States Strategic Command, told reporters on Aug. 13 during a briefing at the U.S. Strategic Command Deterrence Symposium in Nebraska. Artificial intelligence can help U.S. officials analyze intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance data, according to Cotton. But the Strategic Command doesn’t have, nor does Cotton want, a computer making crucial decisions like what unfolded in the 1983 film “WarGames.”...