为军用智能武器制定技术驱动的监管框架,防止失控风险。
Military AI Needs Technically-Informed Regulation to Safeguard AI Research and its Applications
- 以AI行为特征定义新型杀伤性自主武器,区分传统武器
- 指出其易引发意外升级、环境适应差、人控失效等新风险
- 呼吁研究人员参与政策制定,确保监管科学可信
近年来,人工智能赋能的军事武器系统与指挥控制基础设施快速发展。然而,AI对作战系统、军事决策及战争规范的综合影响研究不足。本文聚焦使用AI进行目标选定或战场决策的致命性自主武器系统(LAWS),定义为AI-powered LAWS(AI-LAWS),强调其引入了未预期的升级风险、陌生环境下可靠性差、人类监督弱化等新威胁,危及军事效能与AI研究开放性。仅靠高层政策无法应对这些风险,监管必须基于AI模型的技术行为。因此,本文提出以行为为基础的清晰定义,作为技术驱动监管的基础,并指出现有框架未能区分此类系统。基于该定义,提出若干技术导向的政策方向,呼吁更多AI研究者参与军用AI政策讨论。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Military weapon systems and command-and-control infrastructure augmented by artificial intelligence (AI) have seen rapid development and deployment in recent years. However, the sociotechnical impacts of AI on combat systems, military decision-making, and the norms of warfare have been understudied. We focus on a specific subset of lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) that use AI for targeting or battlefield decisions. We refer to this subset as AI-powered lethal autonomous weapon systems (AI-LAWS) and argue that they introduce novel risks -- including unanticipated escalation, poor reliability in unfamiliar environments, and erosion of human oversight -- all of which threaten both military effectiveness and the openness of AI research. These risks cannot be addressed by high-level policy alone; effective regulation must be grounded in the technical behavior of AI models. We argue that AI researchers must be involved throughout the regulatory lifecycle. Thus, we propose a clear, behavior-based definition of AI-LAWS -- systems that introduce unique risks through their use of modern AI -- as a foundation for technically grounded regulation, given that existing frameworks do not distinguish them from conventional LAWS. Using this definition, we propose several technically-informed policy directions and invite greater participation from the AI research community in military AI policy discussions.
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