Nuclear Weapons in the Age of AI, with Joshua Keating
Journalist Joshua Keating joins Lawfare to discuss the intersection of artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons, examining how AI developments are reshaping decisions and risks in the nuclear domain.
Why this matters: Nuclear weapons already operate on timelines too short for careful human judgment. Adding AI to that picture — whether in early-warning systems, targeting, or command decisions — compresses those timelines further. The core problem is accountability: if a system recommends or initiates an action and something goes catastrophically wrong, there is no obvious person to blame and no way to undo it. That is not a niche concern for defense analysts. It is the highest-stakes version of the AI oversight problem anyone is talking about right now.
Who should care: General readers · AI governance · Policy
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