Is AI really a national security threat?

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🗓️ 14 April 2021

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What do you think about when you're asked about artificial intelligence? You might think about search algorithms or social feeds or robots, but what you might not be thinking about is national security. That’s right, AI can be used for things like drone targeting and missile detection. A report by the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence wants the US to be a world leader in AI development, but what does it even mean to be a leader wielding this technology? Vox’s Kelsey Piper (@kelseytuoc) explains. Read Kelsey’s story here. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Recode Daily ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. What do you want to learn about on Recode Daily? Send your requests and questions to recodedaily@recode.net. We read every email! Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Recode Daily by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This episode was made by: - Host: Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) - Producer: Sofi LaLonde (@sofilalonde) - Engineer: Paul Mounsey Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What do you think about when you're asked about AI, artificial intelligence?
0:09.1	You might think about search algorithms or social feeds or robots, but what you might
0:13.0	not be thinking about is national security.
0:17.0	Kelsey Piper covers AI for Vox and she has been writing about how AI is used in the national
0:22.5	security world.
0:23.5	Hey, Kelsey.
0:24.5	Hello.
0:25.5	How are you doing?
0:26.5	So there's this new report from the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.
0:29.0	There was a quick high level overview of what this government body found.
0:34.8	So this was put together in 2018 as sort of a response to the fact that projecting out
0:40.0	10, 20 years, we see the potential for AI to really change how we do everything.
0:44.9	And that's something that the military likes to be on top of.
0:47.2	So this commission sort of looked at the national security implications of artificial intelligence
0:52.2	and then ended up with a bunch of takeaways.
0:53.9	A major one is they want the US to be the world leader in AI by attracting top AI researchers
0:59.4	from all over the world.
1:00.4	And they think of that as critical to US national security.
1:03.0	And what is this commission exactly?
1:04.4	Tell me why was it set up?
1:06.0	Why is it important for the federal government to be trying to use AI national security at
1:11.0	all?
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