AI And The Changing Character Of War – OpEd
Published on July 22, 2024
“Battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
Modern warfare is on the verge of witnessing another Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) in the form of Artificial Intelligence (AI) based weapon systems which fundamentally transform the character of wars. These weapon systems have the potential to autonomously decide to acquire, identify, engage, destroy and carry out battle damage assessment of the intended targets in real time. Thus, not only challenging the meaningful human control in the decision making process, but also raising questions regarding the extent of delegation of decision making authority to machines in warfare.