Browsing by Author "Ertan, Amy"

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    The Security Implications of AI-Enabled Technology in the Military
    (Cranfield University, 2020-12-07 16:40) Ertan, Amy
    Several world leaders and defence secretaries across the world have referred to a current ‘AI arms race’ in which militaries vie for technological superiority across artificial intelligence-enabled technologies. Concurrently, active research highlights a significant range of security risks, misuse cases, and concerns on the ethics and strategic implications of using AI-enabled technologies without sufficient validation and oversight. My research focuses on exploring this tension within the military AI innovation landscape, in particular within the UK and the US. Through highlighting the technical, institutional, market and strategic dynamics of the design and deployment of AI-enabled technology for defence I map out likely unforeseen or unintended security consequences of current practices. My research also looks at potential options to mitigate the dynamics most likely to lead to 'irresponsible' AI including the role of international norms as well as industry frameworks. The 3M presentation will conclude by drawing the attention of listener's to a 'so what'? Military innovation has historically fed into the civic space (with drones or facial recognition being more recent examples) and so the norms and constraints on emerging technologies at this stage set a precedent for future deployment. By offering an overview of current gaps and mitigations in the field, I hope to communicate the importance of effective norms-setting as an urgent task to prevent the proliferation of technology with a net negative impact.
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    What, Who, Where, How: The Impact of Recent Military AI Innovation in Security Terms
    (Cranfield University, 2020-01-07 14:46) Ertan, Amy
    This poster visualises the results of a narrative evidence review on the topic of military AI innovation, drawing literature from a variety of disciplines to highlight potential unforeseen and/or unintended consequences of ‘Weaponised AI’. There are three main sections outlined to the visual display. The first section illustrates the ‘what’: What does ‘Weaponised AI’ mean and in which applications is the implementation occurring. The second section covers ‘Who and Where’, focusing on state strategy, the role of private industry, and the role additional actors. An empirical example comparing US, Russia and China will be visualised. The third section outlines the ‘How’ of military AI deployment, and leads directly into a discussion section on the implications of current innovation and military processes on categories of security, including strategic and operational aspects.