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Obstacles and Opportunities for Transformative Change
Congressional Testimony
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By Paul Scharre
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Every Country Is on Its Own on AI
Commentary
But establishing such an institution quickly enough to match AI’s accelerating progress is likely a pipe dream, given the history of nuclear arms controls and their status tod...
By Bill Drexel & Michael Depp
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The Time to Regulate AI Is Now
Commentary
Policymakers should also be under no illusion that a light regulatory touch will somehow prevent a degree of concentration at AI’s frontier....
By Caleb Withers
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Is an AI arms race underway?
Video
The role of artificial intelligence has long been debated in military communities. But as recent leapfrog advancements in technology have garnered headlines about the effects ...
By Paul Scharre
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AI's Inhuman Advantage
Commentary
AI agents’ victories demonstrate that machines can dramatically outperform humans in command and control, a potential major advantage in war....
By Paul Scharre
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America Can Win the AI Race
Commentary
If the United States wants to win the AI competition, it must approach Beijing carefully and construct its own initiatives thoughtfully....
By Paul Scharre
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AI Military Competition: Tactical, Operational, and Strategic Implications
Podcast
Paul Scharre, Vice President and Director of Studies at CNAS, joins ChinaTalk to discuss AI, military, strategy, and US-China geopolitics. Listen to the full episode and more...
By Paul Scharre
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Artificial Intelligence and Great Power Competition, With Paul Scharre
Podcast
Paul Scharre, the vice president and director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how artificial intelligence is r...
By Paul Scharre
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AI Nuclear Weapons Catastrophe Can Be Avoided
Commentary
AI-enabled nuclear weapons are particularly concerning due to their civilization-destroying nature....
By Noah Greene
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Transcript from Artificial Intelligence and the Role of Confidence-Building Measures
Transcript
On March 5, 2021, the CNAS Technology and National Security Program hosted a virtual discussion on AI and the role of confidence-building measures. This event is a part of the...
By Paul Scharre, Helen Toner, Michael Horowitz & Kerstin Vignard
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AI & Military Procurement: What Computers Still Can’t Do
Commentary
Not all artificial intelligence (AI) is made equal. A wide range of different techniques and applications fall under the term “AI.” Some of these techniques and applications w...
By Maaike Verbruggen
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When machine learning comes to nuclear communication systems
Commentary
Nuclear deterrence depends on fragile, human perceptions of credibility. As states armed with nuclear weapons turn to machine learning techniques to enhance their nuclear com...
By Philip Reiner, Alexa Wehsener & M. Nina Miller
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How Adversarial Attacks Could Destabilize Military AI Systems
Commentary
Artificial intelligence and robotic technologies with semi-autonomous learning, reasoning, and decision-making capabilities are increasingly being incorporated into defense, m...
By Dr. David Danks
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AI Deception: When Your Artificial Intelligence Learns to Lie
In artificial intelligence circles, we hear a lot about adversarial attacks, especially ones that attempt to “deceive” an AI into believing, or to be more accurate, classifyin...
By Heather Roff
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Artificial Intelligence, Foresight, and the Offense-Defense Balance
There is a growing perception that AI will be a transformative technology for international security. The current U.S. National Security Strategy names artificial intelligence...
By Ben Garfinkel & Allan Dafoe
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Russia’s AI Quest is State-Driven — Even More than China’s. Can It Work?
Commentary
More than Western governments and even more than China’s, the Russian government is trying to position itself as a facilitator of innovation in artificial intelligence, the te...
By Samuel Bendett
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Artificial Intelligence Research Needs Responsible Publication Norms
Commentary
After nearly a year of suspense and controversy, any day now the team of artificial intelligence (AI) researchers at OpenAI will release the full and final version of GPT-2, a...
By Rebecca Crootof
