week 11 emerging tech Flashcards
the use of drones in war is unethical. discuss
unethical:
- just war theory
- lack of transparency
- can normalize conflicts
- reduce accountability
- intelligence failures
- the mentality of remote warfare
jus ad bellum
the reasons and justification for going to war
- core principle of Just war theory
- the actor has to have the right cause to go to war
- only proper authority can issue war
- proportionality (act in-kind with the enemy)
- last resort
jus in bello
focuses on how war should be fought, the conduct of war
UAV’s
Unmanned aerial vehicles
ISR
intelligence, surveillance & reconnaissance missions
Emulation
in a technological matter emulation is to copy an outcome of another program
“authoritarian regimes who believe people are weaknesses in the machine, that they are the weak link in the cog, that they cannot be trusted, that they will naturally gravitate toward totally automated solutions.”
Robert Work
network platforms
digital services that provides to their users by aggregating them in large numbers
R&D
Research and Development
NAIRR
National AI Research Resource
just war theory
- operates with jus in Bello and jus ad Bellum
- there should be a reasonable chance of success
- war has to be last resort
- argues that war is only allowed with a valid reasons
cyber power
the ability to obtain the preferred outcome through the use of electronically interconnected information
loitering capacity
the duration and area where UAVs can operate within, battery life, operation efficiency and fuel
Computer Network Attacks
the use of deliberate actions and operation to disrupt, deceive an destroy the advisories computer system
computer network exploitation
a non destructive operation whose objective is to obtain confidential information (more likely to have spies)
who resort the cyber warfare and why?
nation state + their security- and intelligence services
non state actors ex. terror organizations
attribution
the ability to hold a cyber actor responsible for a specific operation
how is cyber power different from nuclear power?
- nuclear weapons are difficult to hack
- the cyber club is broader than the nuclear club
cyber weapons and capabilities are much more available than nuclear weapons and capabilities
reconnaissance
collecting intelligence for planning military operations, trying to have a snapshot of a dynamic situation
examples of drone attacks
- the 2020 us strike on iranian general
- The 2011 drone strike in Yemen (hit a wedding)
kamikaze drones
loitering munition, attacks a target by crashing into it
surveillance
something where you have a platform in place, a perminant state
advantages of drones
- sustained presence
- near instantaneous responsiveness
- minimize risks and causalities
disadvantages of drones
- moral hazard since you dont suffer the consequences
- lack of distinction between civilians and combatants (jus in Bello)
panacaeum
a cure for all things, when you have a hammer everything looks like a nail
nero networks
the way the brain fires signals, create information, machine learning
robotics
machines dont have anyone operating them but they can assists varies of things ex. building cars etc.
NLP
Natural Language Processing ex. Siri can understand written documents
Incalculability
effects of AI strategy,
higher risk of instability and conflict
AI arms control
dialogue to make sure all sides know what the other side is doing
affirm that only humans can authorize the employment of nuclear weapons
limit the proliferation of AI enabled weapons
CBM
Confidence Building Measures
perpetual
lasting forever
