{"id":142109,"date":"2023-07-18T09:24:30","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T07:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=142109"},"modified":"2023-07-18T09:24:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T07:24:32","slug":"war-ai-and-the-new-global-arms-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=142109","title":{"rendered":"War, AI and the new global arms race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-ted wp-block-embed-ted wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alexandr Wang: War, AI and the new global arms race\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/alexandr_wang_war_ai_and_the_new_global_arms_race\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lethal drones with facial recognition, armed robots, autonomous fighter jets: we&#8217;re at the dawn of a new age of AI-powered warfare, says technologist Alexandr Wang. He explores why data will be the secret weapon in this uncharted landscape and emphasizes the need to consider national security when developing new tech &#8212; or potentially face all-out AI warfare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lethal drones with facial recognition, armed robots, autonomous fighter jets: we&#8217;re at the dawn of a new age of AI-powered warfare, says technologist Alexandr Wang. He explores why data will be the secret weapon in this uncharted landscape and emphasizes the need to consider national security when developing new tech &#8212; or potentially face all-out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presentations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":145157,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=145157","url_meta":{"origin":142109,"position":0},"title":"The New Cold War: The U.S.-China AI Arms Race and the Future of Global Power","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"22\/01\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A War of Algorithms, Not Missiles In the mid-20th century, the world watched as the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in a Cold War defined by nuclear brinkmanship, espionage, and a race to conquer space. 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