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Doomsday AI will cause a nuclear war by 2040 that could DESTROY humanity, and there may be no way to prevent it
A devastating nuclear war that wipes out humanity could be brought about by artificial intelligence as soon as 2040, a leading security think tank has warned.
Advances leading to ‘doomsday AI’ machines could encourage nations to take apocalyptic risks with their nuclear arsenals, it claims.
During the Cold War, a condition called mutually assured destruction (Mad) maintained an uneasy peace between the superpowers.
Both sides of the conflict had little incentive to launch a nuclear attack, as it would have been met by a devastating retaliation that destroyed them.
However, advances in AI may mean that this is no longer guaranteed, opening up the potential of taking out an enemy’s ability to counter attack – and there may be no way to prevent such a future.The claims were made by the Rand Corporation, a non-profit based organisation in Santa Monica, California, that offers research and analysis to the United States armed forces on global policy issues.
It says that, in the coming decades, advances in AI could erode Mad’s ability to keep nuclear nations in check.
Just like in the Cold War of the 1940s and 1950s, each side of future nuclear conflicts has reason to fear its opponent gaining a technological upper hand.
Improved AI agents, combined with more sensor and open-source data, could convince countries that their nuclear capabilities are vulnerable.
That, the report says, may cause them to take more drastic steps to keep up with countires such as the US.
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