A bipartisan bill in Congress calls for a ban on the use of artificial intelligence to launch warheads.
Lawmakers in the US House and Senate have raised alarm over the potential use of artificial intelligence in the US nuclear arsenal, saying the technology should not even be able to fire a warhead through it.
A group of three Democrats and a Republican have introduced a bill that calls for banning the use of AI in ways that could lead to the launch of nuclear weapons. If passed, the legislation would codify the Pentagon’s current policy, which requires the presence of a person “on loop” on any launch solution.
“We want to make sure that any time we have to launch a nuclear weapon, it’s a human launch,” This was announced by US Representative Ken Buck, a Republican from the state of Colorado, in an interview with Fox News on Friday. “So you see sci-fi movies and the world is out of control because AI has taken over – and we’re going to have humans in the process.”
Military-capable AI is developing rapidly. That’s why @tedlieu and introduced a bill to prevent AI from launching nuclear weapons. As I said @billhammerIf we find ourselves in this situation, we want to make sure that the person has a chain of command. pic.twitter.com/9S5mAWXlW6
— Rep. Ken Buck (@RepKenBuck) April 28, 2023
Buck said Hollywood films such as “War Games” and “Colossus: The Forbidden Project” depicted a nightmare scenario in which AI systems control nuclear weapons. He warned that AI could be used without a human chain of command “careless” And “dangerous”.
Representative Ted Lieu agreed: “AI is amazing. It helps the society in various ways. It could kill us too. Lie, a Democrat from California, is a leading proponent of the AI legislation along with two other Democrats, Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia and Sen. Edward Markey of Massachusetts.
Although the idea of an AI-driven nuclear war was previously dismissed as science fiction, many scientists believe it is no longer an outlandish threat. A survey released earlier this month by Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence found that 36% of AI researchers agreed that the technology could create it. “a nuclear disaster”.
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced last week that it has hired a former Google executive as its first adviser on artificial intelligence. The Pentagon has asked Congress for $1.8 billion in funding for AI research in the next fiscal year.
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