AI weapons: dawn of technofascism?
The US tech company Palantir has published a 'manifesto' by CEO Alex Karp on X which has sparked a furore. The development of AI weapons is inevitable and the US must secure dominance in AI-based deterrence, it states. It also mentions the need to address the fact that different cultures have different levels of success. Critics are calling it the dawn of technofascism.
This arms race must be stopped
This could turn into an uncontrollable race for dominance, warns Die Welt.
“It was relatively easy to work out who was developing nuclear weapons and where, yet their proliferation could not be hindered. ... There are no such mechanisms for AI weapons. If we all behave like Palantir, where the only thing that counts is that 'we get there first', the victor will not be a culture, however superior it purports to be, but AI itself, whose goals need not align with either 'our' ideals or those of our opponents. It is time to think beyond ideological and national boundaries and find a way to stop this arms race.”
A new age has begun
The debate over the opportunities and dangers of artificial intelligence in the military sphere must be held in every country, demands Yeni Şafak:
“The key message of the manifesto, which emphasises the shift of hard power towards software, is that the nuclear age is over and an era of AI deterrence has begun. The main issue now is keeping pace with this era and maintaining supremacy in every field. ... This debate, which is a form of self-examination for the US, must take place in every country. What from an American perspective is a patriotic duty may appear dystopian to outsiders, but if every country looks at it from its own perspective, a very different picture may emerge.”