Armament, Arms Control and Artificial Intelligence (eBook)

The Janus-faced Nature of Machine Learning in the Military Realm

Thomas Reinhold, Niklas Schörnig (Herausgeber)

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2022 | 1st ed. 2022
XVII, 226 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-11043-6 (ISBN)

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Looking at a variety of armament sectors, the book examines how Artificial Intelligence (AI) impacts the fields of armament and arms control, how existing arms control measures will be affected by AI, and what new approaches based on AI have been or are currently developed. 

The significant increase in computing power, the increasing reliance on software, and the advent of (narrow) AI and deep-learning algorithms all have the potential to lead to disruptive changes for military operations and warfare, rendering many classical arms control instruments less effective, or even useless. On the other hand, AI might lead to completely new arms control approaches, raising the effectiveness and reliability of new verification measures. To provide a common understanding, the book starts by presenting a general introduction to the state of the art in artificial intelligence and arms control, and how the two topics are interrelated. The second part of the book looks at examples from various fields of weapon technology, including weapons of mass destruction (WMD), conventional armament, and emerging technologies. The final section offers a cross-cutting perspective based on the examples presented in the second part.

This volume will appeal to students and scholars of international relations, as well as policy-makers and practitioners interested in a better understanding of peace and security studies in general, and armament and arms control in particular with a strong focus on AI. 

?Thomas Reinhold is a research assistant at the Chair of Science and Technology for Peace and Security (PEASEC) at TU Darmstadt. His research focuses on the increasing militarization of cyberspace and the influence of artificial intelligence on military developments, especially regarding questions of disarmament and arms control.

Niklas Schörnig is a senior researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) and head of the PRIF research group on Emerging Technology, Order and Stability (rETOS). His research focuses, inter alia, on current trends in warfare, military robotics, and arms control for emerging technologies. Schörnig holds a Ph.D.  from Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. In 2011/2012 he was a visiting professor for International Relations and Theories of Global World Order at Goethe University.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.10.2022
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Peace and Security
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Peace and Security
• Zusatzinfo: XVII, 226 p. 1 illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Künstliche Intelligenz / Robotik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Aerial Images • AI-based technologies • Conventional Weapons • cyber weapons • Deep-Learning • drones • Export Controls • lethal autonomous weapon systems • Machine learning and weapon systems • Military • Military rationale • Non-Proliferation • Nuclear, biological and chemical weapons • pattern recognition • Peace • Satellite images • security • Verification mechanisms • Weapons of Mass Destruction • weapon technology
• ISBN-10: 3-031-11043-9 / 3031110439
• ISBN-13: 978-3-031-11043-6 / 9783031110436