Deterrence under Uncertainty:
Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Warfare
1st Edition
Published on 10. October 2023
256 pages
978-0-19-288633-0 (ISBN)
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For decades, films such as WarGames and The Terminator have warned that the combination of artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons might be a recipe for an apocalypse. Might these prophecies of doom become reality in coming decades?
Using insights from computer science, Deterrence under Uncertainty: Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Warfare evaluates how AI could make nuclear war winnable, and whether that possibility is likely. Detailed chapters explain how the landscape of nuclear deterrence is changing and debunks the myths of machine intelligence and nuclear weapons. This book gives a practitioner's perspective on how artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies could change the role of nuclear weapons in international relations.
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Edward Geist is a Policy Researcher at the RAND Corporation, where his research interests include Russia (primarily defense policy), civil defense, artificial intelligence, nuclear weapons, and particularly the potential impact of emerging technologies on nuclear strategy. He is the author of Armageddon Insurance (University of North Carolina Press, 2019).
Content
- Introduction: Artificial Intelligence and the Nuclear Dilemma
- The Emerging Strategic Environment
- From Celluloid Nightmares to Silicon Realities
- No Place to Hide?
- Recipe for a WOPR
- Fog-of-War Machines
- Strategic Stability in a Deception-Dominant World
- Conclusion: A Case for (Tempered) Optimism
- Appendix A: The Mathematics of Tracking
- Appendix B: A Bayesian Perspective on Camouflage, Concealment, and Deception
- Appendix C: A Rudimentary Model of Ontological Confrontation
- Index
