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The time to negotiate rules for AI in nuclear weapons is now

The US proposed that the UN should control nuclear resources and ensure they were used only for peaceful purposes one year after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. The US State Department has proposed 12 non-legally binding norms to govern military use of AI. Henry Kissinger and Eric Schmidt have

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  • The US proposed that the UN should control nuclear resources and ensure they were used only for peaceful purposes one year after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
  • The Chinese and Russian governments are unlikely to agree to control military use of AI in the short run.
  • The US State Department has proposed 12 non-legally binding norms to govern military use of AI, including that humans should control any launch of nuclear weapons.
  • Henry Kissinger and Eric Schmidt have warned of the potential for conflict due to the new technology.
  • Nuclear weapons have not been used in war since the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The time to negotiate rules for AI in nuclear weapons is now
Lessons from the aftermath of the first nuclear strikes demonstrate it can take decades to establish peaceful stability
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