Militarization of Artificial Intelligence and Implications for the Global Security –A Strategic Theory Perspective

Abstract

Artificial intelligence is quoted as the revolutionary development that attracted the attention of a diverse range of domains. It is considered as the general-purpose technology that experts integrated with their respective domains. Likewise, militaries attempted to militarize the artificial intelligence in order to score relative gains in contrast to other states. Military application of artificial intelligence evolves warfare; introduces autonomous weapons; optimizes logistics; and enable AI technologies in intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and trainings. The implications of militarization of artificial intelligence are multifaceted and highlights risks associated with it. The risks involve arms race, ethical concerns, accidental conflicts, and influence of commercial companies in the defense sector. Strategic theory has been taken as a theoretical framework to comprehensively understand the research problem. Strategic theory is proposed as the comprehensive approach providing holistic thinking to the defensecommunities regarding the management of state’s resources in the pursuit of achieving policy ends. The militarization of artificial intelligence takes into account the advance technologies of AI and integrate them with the military domain to score advantage in the battlefield. Militaries are investing state resources in such a manner that integrate artificial intelligence with the military domain to score superiority among great powers.