Image credit: Wu Hong-Pool / Getty Images
November 25, 2019
Russia’s AI Quest is State-Driven — Even More than China’s. Can It Work?
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 technology that Vladimir Putin said will lead whoever masters it to global advantage. Russia seeks “to go our own way,” said Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, borrowing Lenin’s 1917 words about various anti-capitalist ideologies to describe his government’s 21st-century attempt to shake the world.
Those who doubt that this uniquely state-heavy approach can succeed would do well to remember that today’s internet and mobile telecommunications grew out of Pentagon-funded research, that the Soviet Union led the Space Race for a decade, and that U.S. astronauts currently ascend to orbit atop Russian rockets.
Read the full article in Defense One.
Learn more about the Artificial Intelligence and International Stability Project:
Artificial Intelligence and International Stability Project
Despite calls from prominent scientists to avoid militarizing AI, nation-states are already using AI and machine-learning tools for national security purposes. AI has the pote...
Read MoreMore from CNAS
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
