Content provided by Matthew Gault and Jason Fields. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Matthew Gault and Jason Fields or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.
Player FM - Podcast App
Go offline with the Player FM app!
Go offline with the Player FM app!
The Horror of AI Generals Making Command Decisions
MP3•Episode home
Manage episode 485511641 series 1324080
Content provided by Matthew Gault and Jason Fields. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Matthew Gault and Jason Fields or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.com
Palantir, Anduril and a suite of other Tolkien-inspired tech nightmares want to integrate artificial intelligence into every aspect of the U.S. military. Both companies have software suites they’re pitching as agents that will help make command decisions during combat. An AI general, if you will.
Yes, that’s a terrible idea.
On this episode of Angry Planet, Cameron Hunter and Bleddyn Bowen will tell us why. Hunter is a researcher at the University of Copenhagen and Bowen is a professor of Astropolitics at Durham University. They’ve just written a paper that skewers the idea that AI will ever be able to make command decisions.
- The narrow definition of AI
- The folly of the AI general
- The games AI can’t win
- “Targeting things is a command decision”
- The IDF’s use of Microsoft’s use of AI systems
- “The enemy gets a vote”
- Killing more doesn’t mean winning more
- American military as a “glass tank”
- Matthew gets lost in a rant
- “They don’t even have an animal’s intelligence”
- The very real military uses of AI
Palantir’s pitch
Palmer Luckey on 60 Minutes
Scientists Explain Why Trump's $175 Billion Golden Dome Is a Fantasy
OpenAI Employees Say Firm's Chief Scientist Has Been Making Strange Spiritual Claims
Eastern Europe Wants to Build a ‘Drone Wall’ to Keep Out Russia
How Palantir Is Using AI in Ukraine
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
469 episodes
MP3•Episode home
Manage episode 485511641 series 1324080
Content provided by Matthew Gault and Jason Fields. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Matthew Gault and Jason Fields or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.
Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.com
Palantir, Anduril and a suite of other Tolkien-inspired tech nightmares want to integrate artificial intelligence into every aspect of the U.S. military. Both companies have software suites they’re pitching as agents that will help make command decisions during combat. An AI general, if you will.
Yes, that’s a terrible idea.
On this episode of Angry Planet, Cameron Hunter and Bleddyn Bowen will tell us why. Hunter is a researcher at the University of Copenhagen and Bowen is a professor of Astropolitics at Durham University. They’ve just written a paper that skewers the idea that AI will ever be able to make command decisions.
- The narrow definition of AI
- The folly of the AI general
- The games AI can’t win
- “Targeting things is a command decision”
- The IDF’s use of Microsoft’s use of AI systems
- “The enemy gets a vote”
- Killing more doesn’t mean winning more
- American military as a “glass tank”
- Matthew gets lost in a rant
- “They don’t even have an animal’s intelligence”
- The very real military uses of AI
Palantir’s pitch
Palmer Luckey on 60 Minutes
Scientists Explain Why Trump's $175 Billion Golden Dome Is a Fantasy
OpenAI Employees Say Firm's Chief Scientist Has Been Making Strange Spiritual Claims
Eastern Europe Wants to Build a ‘Drone Wall’ to Keep Out Russia
How Palantir Is Using AI in Ukraine
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
469 episodes
All episodes
×Welcome to Player FM!
Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices.