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Experts tell Senate panel AI already shapes battlefield tools and complicates crisis decision-making
Summary
Panelists described current battlefield uses of AI (e.g., loitering munitions in Ukraine), risks of accelerated machine-aided decisions in crises and the need for human-in-the-loop policies, war-gaming, and exercises to detect escalation risks.
Senators and witnesses discussed military uses of AI, the risk of accidents, and how generative and perception models could change battlefield dynamics. Dr. Benjamin Jensen described battlefield adoption of low-cost imagery and loitering munitions, noting rapid local adaptation in Ukraine where nonprofits and local developers retrained image-recognition models on battlefield…
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