The military man explained why it is unlikely that artificial intelligence will be used in the nuclear field.
During a tripartite meeting at the November 18-19 APEC summit in Shenzhen, Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump may agree to control the use of artificial intelligence in nuclear weapons control systems, the South China Morning Post reported.
The publication specifically stated that it is about the use of artificial intelligence in the command and control systems of nuclear forces, and that this is exactly the issue and the subject on which agreement will be found between all interested parties.
At the same time, the use of nuclear weapons provides a clear and established model of a sequence of actions, including in our country, experts point out.
Expert opinion:
As military observer and retired colonel Mikhail Khudranuk told The Expert specifically, the question of using artificial intelligence in nuclear weapons control systems seems to him frankly far-fetched. Indeed, to appreciate the possibility of using artificial intelligence, one must understand how the very use of nuclear weapons* functions at the present time.
According to the military observer, the algorithm of operations is clear to him, since he himself had access to nuclear weapons and practiced the sequence of operations until they were automatic in many training sessions:
1 The commander-in-chief receives the "missile attack" signal on his end device (as it is called - "nuclear suitcase"). It comes from a missile warning system and its reliability is almost 100% (that is, the president does not guess whether it is a false alarm or a real signal).
2 Based on this signal, the commander-in-chief gives permission to use nuclear weapons and an order to open nuclear warheads (also using his end device), the military man explained.
3 This code combination then reaches a single unit commander who has a nuclear weapon in his equipment.