Artificial intelligence is the weapon of the next Cold War

Physorg  January 29, 2018
During the Cold War, the weapon of choice was nuclear missiles. Today it is software, whether it is used for attacking computer systems or targets in the real world. AI may be the way Russia can rebalance the power shift created by the U.S. outspending Russia nearly 10-to-1 on defense each year. AI can also be used to control non-nuclear weapons including unmanned vehicles like drones and cyberweapons. Countries might agree to a proposed Digital Geneva Convention to limit AI conflict. But that won’t stop AI attacks by independent nationalist groups, militias, criminal organizations, terrorists and others – and countries can back out of treaties… read more.