Pentagon is clinging to ageing technologies, US House panel warns

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WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) - A bipartisan House panel on Tuesday (Sept 29) said that artificial intelligence, quantum computing, space and biotechnology were 'making traditional battlefields and boundaries increasingly irrelevant', but that the Pentagon was clinging to ageing weapons systems meant for a past era.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON - A bipartisan House panel on Tuesday said that artificial intelligence, quantum computing, space and biotechnology were"making traditional battlefields and boundaries increasingly irrelevant", but that the Pentagon was clinging to ageing weapons systems meant for a past era.

The task force said it was concentrating on the next 30 to 50 years, and concluded that the Defence Department and Congress should be"focused on the needs of the future and not on the political and military-industrial loyalties of the past". It recommended that every major military acquisition programme"evaluate at least one AI or autonomous alternative" before it is funded. It also called for the United States to"lead in the formulation and ratification of a global treaty on artificial intelligence in the vein of the Geneva Conventions", a step that the Trump administration has resisted for cyberweaponry and the broader use of artificial intelligence.

"I think this is a case of pushing for a different path at the Pentagon," said Representative Jim Banks, a co-chairman of the group.

 

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