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They sort of address this - "To be actually a useful tool to military commanders, you want an AI which [...] gives them a reasoned opinion on which of the vari

They sort of address this - "To be actually a useful tool to military commanders, you want an AI which [...] gives them a reasoned opinion on which of the various options they are considering is most advisable." With that (far more sophisticated) AI system, leadership could just de-prioritize options with excessive risk of civilian casualty.

skissane 6y ago
The other day I was looking at this – http://www.datalex.org/ http://www.datalex.org/ [0] – presented with a situation, it asks you questions about it, and then generates a legal opinion on your situation. It shows all its reasoning (in natural language) to arrive at that legal opinion. That's the same basic thing a human advisor does – if you get a formal legal opinion from a lawyer, it doesn't just give you the conclusion, it also explains the arguments and reasoning and considerations it used to arrive at that conclusion. So I don't see why a strategic military advice platform couldn't do the same basic thing. [0] Here's a working example: http://beta.datalex.org/app/?rulebase=http://austlii.community/wiki/DataLex/ForeignRelationsActKB http://beta.datalex.org/app/?rulebase=http://austlii.communi...
- dorgo 6y ago
  It sound more like a prolog program. It takes a set of rules and facts and can infer other facts from there and show you all the steps of the process. Although it is a branch of AI it is not what one thinks of nowdays hearing the term AI. One thinks of some fancy powerful self learning black box, which can do miracles but can't explain how it does it.
FeepingCreature 6y ago
Giving a reasoned opinion is a huge unsolved problem in AI.
- mpalmer 6y ago
  Yes, and I referred to that hypothetical AI as "far more sophisticated".
Teever 6y ago
I'll rephrase what I'm saying. What if the AI lies? What if the AI lies and civilians die because of it?
- adrianN 6y ago
  I think we're pretty far away from the kind of AI that could intentionally trick its operators to achieve a goal.

skissane 6y ago

The other day I was looking at this – http://www.datalex.org/ http://www.datalex.org/ [0] – presented with a situation, it asks you questions about it, and then generates a legal opinion on your situation. It shows all its reasoning (in natural language) to arrive at that legal opinion. That's the same basic thing a human advisor does – if you get a formal legal opinion from a lawyer, it doesn't just give you the conclusion, it also explains the arguments and reasoning and considerations it used to arrive at that conclusion. So I don't see why a strategic military advice platform couldn't do the same basic thing. [0] Here's a working example: http://beta.datalex.org/app/?rulebase=http://austlii.community/wiki/DataLex/ForeignRelationsActKB http://beta.datalex.org/app/?rulebase=http://austlii.communi...

dorgo 6y ago
It sound more like a prolog program. It takes a set of rules and facts and can infer other facts from there and show you all the steps of the process. Although it is a branch of AI it is not what one thinks of nowdays hearing the term AI. One thinks of some fancy powerful self learning black box, which can do miracles but can't explain how it does it.

FeepingCreature 6y ago

Giving a reasoned opinion is a huge unsolved problem in AI.

mpalmer 6y ago
Yes, and I referred to that hypothetical AI as "far more sophisticated".

Teever 6y ago

I'll rephrase what I'm saying. What if the AI lies? What if the AI lies and civilians die because of it?

adrianN 6y ago
I think we're pretty far away from the kind of AI that could intentionally trick its operators to achieve a goal.