What role is AI playing in the Iran war?

The US military increasingly relies on an AI decision support system called Maven to help with targeting, intelligence assessments and troop deployments. Israel and Ukraine use similar technology. Proponents of artificial intelligence argue it makes warfare faster and more efficient - giving the West a key battlefield advantage in a time of rising conflict.

But critics say there are concerns over safety and low accuracy, and worry humans are increasingly being left out of the loop. Some of these concerns come from industry insiders such as AI company Anthropic, which is in a dispute with the Pentagon over the use of its system Claude for autonomous weapons.

To discuss all of this, Venetia Rainey is joined by Adam Wishart, the filmmaker behind new Channel 4 documentary, Click to Kill: the AI War Machine, and Heidy Khlaaf, chief AI scientist at the AI Now Institute and previously at OpenAI.

They look at how AI is changing warfare in battlefields from Iran to Ukraine to Gaza and what can be done to make the technology safer.

CONTRIBUTORS:
Venetia Rainey, co-host @venetiarainey
Heidy Khlaaf, chief AI scientist AI Now Institute @HeidyKhlaaf
Adam Wishart, director Click to Kill: the AI War Machine @adam_wishart

CONTENT REFERENCED:

Click to Kill: the AI War Machine on Channel 4
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/click-to-kill-the-ai-war-machine

Producer: Rachel Porter
Executive Producer: Louisa Wells

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