AI Researchers Examined for Complicity in Weapons Development and Mass Harm
Modern weapon systems are increasingly incorporating artificial intelligence technologies, which have already contributed to mass killings and widespread destruction. A competitive race for AI advancements among influential entities is driving the spread of automated and AI-driven weaponry, heightening the risks of future calamities and exacerbating inequality. This study focuses on the involvement of AI researchers as complicit parties in the harms inflicted by AI-enabled weaponry. It delves into the details of this complicity and investigates ways to shift this role towards one of solidarity with those affected by technologically enhanced injustices. The research was published on arXiv, a scientific paper repository, with the identifier 2604.18380.
Key facts
- AI technologies are increasingly used in modern weapons systems.
- These systems have been involved in mass killings and destruction at scale.
- There is strong interest and competition to accelerate proliferation of AI-based weapons.
- This competition is described as an AI arms race.
- The arms race poses risks of more deaths, devastation, and increased inequality.
- The work examines AI researchers as implicated subjects in harms from AI weapons.
- It investigates specifics of this implication.
- It explores transforming implication into solidarity with victims of technological injustice.
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- arXiv