Key points
- Neuberger thinks US military leaders need to take advantage of generative AI
- Argues US faces tough competition from China and Russia
- Considers TikTok as a potential danger
ISLAMABAD: Since the introduction of generative artificial intelligence tools, things have become complex. These tools have infiltrated various fields, creating new opportunities and threats.
Espionage, while not lagging behind other fields, is embracing the change by adopting strategies that can give an edge over one’s enemies.
According to a piece of writing published in Foreign Affairs magazine, since the United States is challenged by other powers to shape the future of the global order, the U.S. national security community ought to act fast to master the use of AI tools, writes Anne Neuberger, who’s the deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology.
Integrating AI
It becomes very essential for intelligence and military leaders to take advantage of the benefits of AI integration by establishing standards to adopt generative AI safely.
Neuberger says, in an interview published by NPR, “Waiting too long for AI technologies to fully mature carries its risks. US intelligence capacities will fall behind those of China, Russia, and other powers that are going full steam ahead in developing AI.”
Anne Neuberger thinks TikTok is one such tool that can enable the enemy country to gain information without causing an obvious concern.
She says, “The danger of TikTok is it is the major platform by which Americans – young Americans are gaining their news. TikTok and the company have – the Chinese government itself censors information it provides its citizens.”
US AI risks
“So, the risk that in a country like America, in a democracy where each person’s voice and vote matters, that a platform where Americans are getting their primary source of information is controlled by a country that censors the information for its people – that’s a significant risk,” according to Anne Neuberger.
AI can be used to avoid potential dangers and terror attacks. It brings complex bits of information into one place and makes tracing easy and seamless.
She states, “Using AI to more quickly pull information together, whether it’s images or voice – to pull that together to alert on a potential threat and avoid a terror attack, avoid a cyberattack, there’s tremendous promise in sense-making of that.”
She thinks that the US is supposed to master the use of AI before her enemies do so. “The United States must challenge ourselves to be first, first to benefit from AI, first to protect itself from enemies who might use it, and first to use AI in line with the laws and values of democracy because those risks you talk about are real, she says.”
