AI and nuclear weapons systems

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Should artificial intelligence be banned from nuclear weapons systems?

Professor Steffan Puwal, PhD

A year that began with chatbots and Artificial Intelligence (AI) as the subjects of major news stories - some with particularly concerning headlines - ended with members of the United States Congress introducing legislation to ban AI systems from nuclear weapons and US President Biden signing an Executive Order on the subject.

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