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Who’s kidding who? I theorize every major government in the world has already been using AI models to help guide political and military decisions.

Who doesn’t think China has a ten year AI algorithm to takeover Taiwan? Israel+US+UK > Middle East.

SkyNet or War Games are likely already happening.



AI kriegsspiele won't help win anyone any big war, they didn't help the Germans in WW1 (without the AI part, of course), they won't help China, so for the sake of the Chinese I hope that they're following the "classical" route when it comes to "learning" the art of waging the next big war and not following this newest tech fad.

There's also something to be said about how the West's reliance on these war games (don't know if AI-powered or not) when preparing for the latest Ukrainian counter-offensive has had disastrous consequences for the actual Ukrainian soldiers on the field, but I don't think that Western military leaders are so honest with themselves anymore in order to acknowledge that (at least between themselves, if not to the public). A hint related to those Western war games in this Economist piece [1] from September 2023:

> Allied debates over strategy are hardly unusual. American and British officials worked closely with Ukraine in the months before it launched its counter-offensive in June. They gave intelligence and advice, conducted detailed war games to simulate how different attacks might play out, and helped design and train the brigades that received the lion’s share of Western equipment

[1] https://archive.is/1u7OK


> Who doesn’t think China has a ten year AI algorithm to takeover Taiwan?

anybody who works in either AI or natsec


> Who doesn’t think China has a ten year AI algorithm to takeover Taiwan?

What it is supposed to mean?


I guess a veeeeeeery slow progress bar in some screen.


If it was Skynet everyone would already know by now...




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