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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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As the US, China, and Russia build new nuclear weapons systems, how will AI be built in?
Michael Horowitz of the School of Arts and Sciences and Perry World House contributed to an analysis of how automation is currently used in nuclear command and control systems and what might happen in the future if riskier forms of A.I. are implemented.
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Strangelove redux: US experts propose having AI control nuclear weapons
Michael Horowitz of the School of Arts and Sciences weighed in on the possibility of the U.S. adopting an artificial intelligence-based nuclear weapon system. Since these algorithms would depend on the availability of large data sets, which don’t currently exist, Horowitz says “training an algorithm for early warning means that you’re relying entirely on simulated data. I would say, based on the state-of-the-art in the development of algorithms, that generates some risks.”
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Drones Aren't Missiles, so Don't Regulate Them Like They Are
Michael Horowitz of the School of Arts & Sciences writes about the difference between drone and missile regulations.
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Cities Can’t Lead on Climate Change Mitigation
Mark Alan Hughes, Cornelia Colijn and Oscar Serpell of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy in the School of Design write about climate-change mitigation.
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Who’ll Want Artificially Intelligent Weapons? ISIS, Democracies or Autocracies?
Michael Horowitz of the School of Arts & Sciences writes about the connection between artificial intelligence and the military.