Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
As the US military experiments with AI for everything from streamlining contract documents to coordinating global operations, there’s one area that’s remained off-limits: nuclear command and control.
Perhaps that’s not surprising, given the obvious fears of a WarGames-like accidental apocalypse. But what if the Pentagon at least let AI help in nuclear crises, in a contained and limited way, by using algorithms to process incoming intelligence on a potential strike more quickly, giving the human beings involved — and ultimately President Donald Trump — precious additional time to make the most difficult decision imaginable?
Last fall, no less a figure than the four-star chief of nuclear forces, Gen. Anthony Cotton of US Strategic Command, argued publicly that “advanced AI and robust data analytics capabilities provide decision advantage and improve our deterrence posture.”
This morning, that question of even a limited use-case for AI was the dividing line in a public debate, hosted at the Center for Strategic & International Studies, between two experts on systems of military command.
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