Artificial intelligence and the future of warfare
the USA, China, and strategic stability
- ISBN: 9781526179081
- Editorial: Manchester University Press
- Fecha de la edición: 2024
- Lugar de la edición: Manchester. Reino Unido
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 230
- Idiomas: Inglés
This volume offers an innovative and counter-intuitive study of how and why AI-infused weapon systems will affect the strategic stability between nuclear-armed states. Johnson demystifies the hype surrounding AI in the context of nuclear weapons and, more broadly, future warfare. The book highlights the potential, multifaceted intersections of this and other disruptive technology - robotics and autonomy, cyber, drone swarming, big data analytics, and quantum communications - with nuclear stability.
The book sketches a clear picture of the potential impact of AI on the digitized battlefield and broadens our understanding of critical questions for international affairs. AI will profoundly change how wars are fought, and how decision-makers think about nuclear deterrence, escalation management, and strategic stability - but not for the reasons you might think.
Part I: Destabilizing AI renaissance
1 Military AI primer
2 Artificial intelligence in the 2nd nuclear age
Part II: Military AI superpowers
3 New challenges to military-techno Pax Americana
4 U.S.-China crisis stability under the AI nuclear shadow
Part III: Nuclear instability redux?
5 Hunting for nuclear weapons in the digital age
6 Fast and the furious: Drone swarming and hypersonic weapons
7 The AI-cyber security nexus
8 Delegating strategic decisions to intelligent machines
Conclusion: Managing an AI future