Dealing realistically with the artificial intelligence revolution

Mirpur Paper, 2022

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has brought about revolutionary changes in the history of mankind as did Combustion Engine or Electricity centuries ago. It is more an enabler than a mere invention. It has enabled technology to take giant leap towards incorporating innovation in every sphere; be it commercial or military purpose. Throughout the history, technology has played vital role in shaping the global politics and eventually the balance of power. World leaders, military commanders, corporate trailblazers unanimously agree that AI is going to be the next determinant in global power. The leading nations are therefore putting in unprecedented effort to remain in the forefront of the race. In this era of information warfare and hybrid warfare, AI is more pronounced than ever. Sixth generation drones and autonomous weapons are already being used in the recent conflicts. While nations are busy in the competition, they cannot ignore the ethical concern involved with its maximum military use. How much autonomy should be ethical in the use of AI in military technology remains as a matter of thoughtful consideration. While there are many dimensions of discussing AI, this article is going to give an insight how AI is reshaping balance of power and what should be the global approach to embrace this technological wonder in the wake of ethical concern.

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The paper is a non-technical approach to artificial intelligence (AI), the author claiming no competence in the technology field. It expresses the view of a person interested and concerned about the role of artificial intelligence as an elevator of international power. It is a review of how the United States of America officially recognizes the benefit of artificial intelligence intervention in the military domain and its usefulness for ensuring national security. Artificial intelligence, a booming technological field, influences our existence as individuals, societies, and states. It affects more and more areas of activity, attracts into a continuous mechanism of development and innovation both the state (as the center of decision and political action) and the society (the big companies producing technology and academics), requires the state to develop strategies in the field and puts on the world leaders agenda a new issue of hope and fear at the same time.

The first arms race was the naval race during World War I, followed by the Cold War between United States and the Soviet Union, scaling up nuclear weaponry right after the end of World War II. The human race has been able to manage the prisoner's dilemma inherent to these competitions so far, and now faces a new test with the advent of a new technology breakthrough: Artificial Intelligence. This is a series of articles on the topic providing a vision toward an artificial intelligence explosion in the context of current economic changes supporting a shift in our economy toward an altruistic model. ___________________________________ Introduction: • Technological singularity seems plausible and recent advancements in machine learning and AI suggest the ‘intelligent explosion’ event is within reach in this century. • An arms race of narrow AI entities will happen in the framework of today’s traditional economy. Strong intelligence or AGI will eventually emerge followed by an explosion of intelligence. • New globalization processes driven by technology are fueling the sharing economy, as well as the 4th sector where public, non-profit, social and mission oriented enterprises are converging. • The 4th sector is poised to grow and thrive enabled by the sharing and collaborative economy; mission driven enterprises will have more resources enabling them to play a key role shaping the right path for AI evolution. • The AI arms race will provide ‘good’ and ‘bad’ entities in the context of existing and new economy environments (traditional and altruistic economies) • We, humans, as a species, can succeed managing the risks of a superintelligence event as we did in the past overcoming other technology threats (i.e nuclear).

The ability of computer technology to adapt to tasks which in usual sense, requires human intelligence, emotional response, decision-making capacity and strategic technique, is known as artificial intelligence. Amazon Alexa or Apple's Siri are masterminds of the masterminds which can recognise your voice and follow instruction on their own. Kyle Vogt founded the Cruise Automation in 2013; the company introduced self-driving cars in the US market, but it had to compete with Google. Nevertheless, today, in 2017, Tesla, Ford, Audi and GM have actually improvised a lot on the theory. They are ready to launch their self-driving cars in the market. Hewlett Packard Enterprises went quite ambitious in planning an artificially intelligent business, which will be capable of handling real life customers, clients and solving problems. They have decided to build this branch as a start-up within their long-time reliable HP brand name.

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There needs to be a change in thinking about AI. Those dealing with AI must insist on greater clarity about its definition. If policy makers and other leaders are not clear about what the term means and entails, they cannot possibly formulate best practices and governance mechanisms. It would help matters if artificial intelligence discussions were framed in an "AI +" framework, because in many cases, AI is merely a tool included in a system involving other functions or capabilities. The news media should stop framing the global artificial intelligence competition as an "arms race." This misrepresents the competition going on among countries. The policy community needs a clear-eyed appraisal of AI's capabilities and limitations. Without that orientation, those who hope to steer research and development in positive directions will create more problems than they solve.