Congress weighs limits on military SI: humans over weapons, no SI in nuclear-strike decisions, no domestic surveillance
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Autonomy in warfare runs into proposed limits: lawmakers want to leave the decision to use weapons and to launch a nuclear strike to a human.
According to an article published on WUNC's site, Congress is considering amendments to the annual military policy and spending bill: human control over SI-driven weapons decisions, a ban on SI in nuclear launch and detonation decisions, a ban on domestic surveillance, and a requirement that the Pentagon keep records of decisions made with SI involvement. This comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new command to speed up the adoption of drones and SI. The article says the Maven system made targeting ten times faster in the conflict with Iran; rapid automation, in its account, may have contributed to a strike on an Iranian school that killed more than 160 people. Expert Paul Scharre warned that hitting the wrong target could lead to escalation.
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